Electrostatics of two charged conducting spheres

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 468, Issue 2145, 2012, Pages 2829-2848

  Lekner, John ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Charged spheres; Electrostatics; Kelvin force

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; DISSOCIATION; ELECTROSTATICS;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; CHARGE RATIO; CONDUCTING SPHERES; ELECTROSTATIC ENERGIES; KELVIN FORCE; MUTUAL POLARIZATION; POSITIVELY CHARGED; SIZE RATIO;

SPHERES;

EID: 84865033669     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2012.0133     Document Type: Article

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