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<journal-id>0035-001X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de física]]></journal-title>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Física]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0035-001X2006000600002</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Torques on quadrupoles]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Torres del Castillo]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Méndez Garrido]]></surname>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Puebla Instituto de Ciencias Departamento de Física Matemática]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Puebla, Pue]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Puebla Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Puebla Pue]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
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<month>12</month>
<year>2006</year>
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<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2006</year>
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<volume>52</volume>
<numero>6</numero>
<fpage>501</fpage>
<lpage>506</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0035-001X2006000600002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0035-001X2006000600002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0035-001X2006000600002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Making use of the fact that a 2l-pole can be represented by means of l vectors of the same magnitude, the torque on a quadrupole in an inhomogeneous external field is expressed in terms of the vectors that represent the quadrupole and the gradient of the external field. The conditions for rotational equilibrium are also expressed in terms of these vectors.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Haciendo uso de que un multipolo de orden 2l puede representarse mediante l vectores de la misma magnitud, la torca sobre un cuadripolo en un campo externo inhomogéneo se expresa en términos de los vectores que representan el cuadrípolo y el gradiente del campo externo. Las condiciones de equilibrio rotacional se expresan también en términos de estos vectores.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Multipoles]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[torque]]></kwd>
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</front><body><![CDATA[ <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="4">Investigaci&oacute;n</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="4"><b>Torques on quadrupoles</b></font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>G.F. Torres del Castillo&ordf;  y A. M&eacute;ndez Garrido<sup>b</sup></b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><i>&ordf; Departamento de F&iacute;sica Matem&aacute;tica, Instituto de Ciencias, Universidad Aut&oacute;noma de Puebla, 72570 Puebla, Pue., M&eacute;xico.</i></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><i><sup>b</sup> Facultad de Ciencias F&iacute;sico Matem&aacute;ticas, Universidad Aut&oacute;noma de Puebla, Apartado postal 1152, 72001 Puebla, Pue., M&eacute;xico.</i></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">Recibido el 18 de agosto de 2005    ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<br>   Aceptado el 8 de noviembre de 2006</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Abstract</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">Making use of the fact that a 2<i><sup>l</sup></i>-pole can be represented by means of <i>l</i> vectors of the same magnitude, the torque on a quadrupole in an inhomogeneous external field is expressed in terms of the vectors that represent the quadrupole and the gradient of the external field. The conditions for rotational equilibrium are also expressed in terms of these vectors.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Keywords: </b>Multipoles; torque.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Resumen</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">Haciendo uso de que un multipolo de orden 2<i><sup>l</sup> </i>puede representarse mediante <i>l</i> vectores de la misma magnitud, la torca sobre un cuadripolo en un campo externo inhomog&eacute;neo se expresa en t&eacute;rminos de los vectores que representan el cuadr&iacute;polo y el gradiente del campo externo. Las condiciones de equilibrio rotacional se expresan tambi&eacute;n en t&eacute;rminos de estos vectores.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Descriptores: </b>Multipolos; torca. </font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">PACS:41.20.Cv;02.10.Ud</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><a href="/pdf/rmf/v52n6/v52n6a2.pdf">DESCARGAR ART&Iacute;CULO EN FORMATO PDF</a></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Acknowledgment</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">The authors wish to thank one of the referees for very helpful comments.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>References</b></font></p>     <!-- ref --><p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">1. G.F. Torres del Castillo, <i>Rev. Mex. F&iacute;s. </i><b>48</b> (2002) 348.</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=8321522&pid=S0035-001X200600060000200001&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --><!-- ref --><p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">2. G.F. Torres del Castillo and A. Mendez Garrido, <i>J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. </i><b>37</b> (2004) 1437.</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=8321523&pid=S0035-001X200600060000200002&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --><!-- ref --><p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">3. J.J. Sylvester, <i>Phil. Mag. </i><b>2</b> (1876) 291, reprinted in <i>The Col</i><i>lected Mathematical Papers of James Joseph Sylvester </i>(Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1909) Vol. III.</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=8321524&pid=S0035-001X200600060000200003&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --><!-- ref --><p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">4. R. Courant and D. Hilbert, <i>Methods of Mathematical Physics </i>(Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1989) Vol. I, p. 514.</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=8321525&pid=S0035-001X200600060000200004&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --><!-- ref --><p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">5. R.E. Raab and O.L. de Lange,<i> Multipole Theory in Electromag</i><i>netism </i>(Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005), Chap. 1.</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=8321526&pid=S0035-001X200600060000200005&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --><!-- ref --><p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">6.  J.R. Reitz, F.J. Milford and R.W. Christy,<i> Foundations of Elec</i><i>tromagnetic Theory, </i>4th ed. (Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1193).</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=8321527&pid=S0035-001X200600060000200006&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --><!-- ref --><p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">7.  G.F. Torres del Castillo, <i>3-D Spinors, Spin-Weighted Functions and their </i><i>Applications </i>(Birkh&auml;user, Boston, 2003).</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=8321528&pid=S0035-001X200600060000200007&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --><!-- ref --><p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">8.  J.D. Jackson, <i>Classical Electrodynamics, </i>2nd ed. (Wiley, New  York, 1975) Chap. 4.</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=8321529&pid=S0035-001X200600060000200008&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --> ]]></body><back>
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