Electric field and electric forces in a spontaneously polarized nonpolar isotropic dielectric

Abstract

Based on the microscopic Maxwell equations, we develop a method of description of the electric field in a spontaneously polarized isotropic nonpolar dielectric. We find the solution for the electric field $\text{E}(\text{r})$ for several typical examples. Moreover, we generalize Helmholtz's formula for the electric force acting on a volume element of a dielectric with regard for the contribution of the spontaneous polarization.

15 pages, 2 figures; v4: final version

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