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The scalar potential is an example of a scalar field. Given a vector field F, the scalar potential P is defined such that: [1] = = (,,), where ∇P is the gradient of P and the second part of the equation is minus the gradient for a function of the Cartesian coordinates x, y, z. [a] In some cases, mathematicians may use a positive sign in front ...
A scalar field is a tensor field of order zero, [3] and the term "scalar field" may be used to distinguish a function of this kind with a more general tensor field, density, or differential form. The scalar field of ((+)) oscillating as increases. Red represents positive values, purple represents negative values, and sky blue represents ...
Position vectors r and r′ used in the calculation. The starting point is Maxwell's equations in the potential formulation using the Lorenz gauge: =, = where φ(r, t) is the electric potential and A(r, t) is the magnetic vector potential, for an arbitrary source of charge density ρ(r, t) and current density J(r, t), and is the D'Alembert operator. [2]
The electric potential at any location, r, in a system of point charges is equal to the sum of the individual electric potentials due to every point charge in the system. This fact simplifies calculations significantly, because addition of potential (scalar) fields is much easier than addition of the electric (vector) fields.
Magnetic scalar potential, ψ, is a quantity in classical electromagnetism analogous to electric potential. It is used to specify the magnetic H -field in cases when there are no free currents , in a manner analogous to using the electric potential to determine the electric field in electrostatics .
The gravitational potential (V) at a location is the gravitational potential energy (U) at that location per unit mass: =, where m is the mass of the object. Potential energy is equal (in magnitude, but negative) to the work done by the gravitational field moving a body to its given position in space from infinity.
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This gives rise to Goldstone's Mexican hat potential which is a rotation of the double-well potential of a real scalar field through 2π radians about the V axis. The symmetry breaking takes place in one higher dimension, i.e., the choice of vacuum breaks a continuous U (1) symmetry instead of a discrete one.