On the expansion of a Coulomb potential in spherical harmonics

作者: B. C. Carlson , G. S. Rushbrooke

DOI: 10.1017/S0305004100026190

关键词: PhysicsSpherical harmonicsSolid harmonicsLaplace expansion (potential)Classical mechanicsVector spherical harmonicsLegendre functionSpherical multipole momentsMultipole expansionParticle in a spherically symmetric potential

摘要: The addition theorem for Legendre functions leads, as is well known, to a useful expansion formula of importance in the theory electrostatic potentials,or, an alternative notation,

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