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Potential energy in a field and potential energy between two objects? (Electrostatics and Gravitation)
What is the difference between the electrostatic potential energy of a charge immersed in an electrostatic field and the potential energy between two charges?
Is there a connection between the two?...
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Why does field strength follow the inverse square law but potential does not?
Either in a gravitational or electrical field, let's say an electrical field, the electrical field strength follows the inverse square law. This is fairly intuitive just due to the geometry of the ...
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Intuitive explanation that mechanical energy is conserved in gravitational field
Suppose you have $n$ particles with masses $m_1, \cdots, m_n$ with position vectors $\vec{r_1}, \cdots, \vec{r_n}$. Now without any forces except gravity acting on them, conservation of mechanical ...
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