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physics - Electric Field Plot


I want to show an electric field of several arrangements of point charges in xy-plane. I wrote a routine that plots an electric field of a charge:


r0 = {a, b};
r1 = {-a, b};
r2 = {-a, -b};

r2 = {-a, -b};
pot[r_] := q/Norm[r - r0] + q/Norm[r - r2] - q/Norm[r - r1] - q/Norm[r - r3]
fld[r_] := (q*(r - r0)/Norm[r - r0]^3 + q*(r - r2)/Norm[r - r2]^3 - q*(r - r1)/Norm[r - r1]^3 - q*(r - r3)/Norm[r - r3]^3)
a = 2.5;
b = 2.5;
q = 1;
StreamPlot[fld[{x, y}], {x, 0, 5}, {y, 0, 5},PlotRangePadding -> None, FrameLabel -> "electric field",Epilog -> {Red, Disk[r0, 0.07], Blue , Line[{{0, 5.5}, {0, 0}, {5.5, 0}}]}]

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Now I want to show:



a) 2 charges with inverted sign


b) 4 charges on edges of a cuboid in xy-plane (edges connect charges with inverted sign)


c) 6 randomly distributed charges with vanishing total charge by using RandomReal and initialize random generator with SeedRandom[1234567]


Could someone help me out with a,b,c ? Thank you very much!



Answer



SeedRandom[1234567];
q = RandomReal[{-1, 1}, 6];
r0 = RandomReal[{-3, 3}, {6, 2}]
q = q - Total[q]/6;
phi = Sum[

   q[[i]]/Sqrt[({x, y} - r0[[i]]).({x, y} - r0[[i]])], {i, 1, 6}];
f = -Grad[phi, {x, y}]

Show[StreamPlot[Evaluate[f], {x, -4, 4}, {y, -4, 4}, 
  StreamColorFunction -> "Rainbow", 
  StreamColorFunctionScaling -> False], 
 Graphics[Table[
   If[q[[i]] < 0, {Blue, PointSize[.1*Abs[q[[i]]]], 
     Point[r0[[i]]]}, {Red, PointSize[.1*Abs[q[[i]]]], 
     Point[r0[[i]]]}], {i, 1, 6}]]]


and on a large scale


Show[StreamPlot[Evaluate[f], {x, -40, 40}, {y, -40, 40}, 
  StreamColorFunction -> "Rainbow", 
  StreamColorFunctionScaling -> False], 
 Graphics[Table[
   If[q[[i]] < 0, {Blue, PointSize[.1*Abs[q[[i]]]], 
     Point[r0[[i]]]}, {Red, PointSize[.1*Abs[q[[i]]]], 
     Point[r0[[i]]]}], {i, 1, 6}]]]


fig1


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