A magnetic dipole placed in a magnetic field Explain why the potential U can be written as.

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Carlos Gordon

24 June, 02:19

A magnetic dipole placed in a magnetic field Explain why the potential U can be written as.

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Julia Gonzalez · Answer 1

We are asked to know the reason why magnetic dipole can be written as U = - m * B. The reason for this was that the negative sign is just showing or indicating the direction of the force. If it if negative, it means that the work done is opposite to the force field.