Electrostatics is a branch of physics that studies slow-moving or stationary electric charges.
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The electric field, $${\displaystyle \mathbf {E} }$$, in units of Newtons per Coulomb or volts per meter, is a vector field that can be defined … See more

• Electromagnetism – Fundamental interaction between charged particles
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Coulomb's law states that:
The magnitude of the electrostatic force of attraction or repulsion between two point charges is directly … See more

The validity of the electrostatic approximation rests on the assumption that the electric field is irrotational:
$${\displaystyle {\vec {\nabla }}\times {\vec {E}}=0.}$$ See more

• Hermann A. Haus; James R. Melcher (1989). Electromagnetic Fields and Energy. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. See more