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by shrobonaa karkun -
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how can i provide rolling action to magnetic or electric dipole kept in electric or magnetic field as the case maybe?

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by Suvarthi Datta -
I HOPE BY ROLLING U MEAN THAT THE DIPOLE WILL ROTATE ABOUT IT'S CENTRE .
CONSIDER AN ELECTRIC DIPOLE (CHARGES +Q AND -Q) PLACED SYMMETRICALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE X-AXIS ; +Q BEING PLACED ON NEGATIVE X-AXIS AND -Q ON POSITIVE X-AXIS RESPECTIVELY . LET A MAGNETIC FIELD B EXIST IN THE ENTIRE REGION DIRECTED ALONG THE NEGATIVE Y-AXIS . NOW IF BOTH THE CHARGES ARE GIVEN A VELOCITY OF v IN THE POSITIVE Z DIRECTION THEN THEY WILL ROTATE ABOUT THE CENTRE (ORIGIN).
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by shrobonaa karkun -

by rolling motion, i mean rotation along with linear motion of the center of mass.

however the case you have stated is for a charged particle in magnetic field, that however raises another doubt what shall be the sense of rotation for the dipole since both the charges tend to revolve in opposite direction.

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by Danish Ishtiaq Khan -
in the situation mentioned by suvarthi, the charges should be given velocity in the negative z direction to rotate the duo abt. origin... hope i m correct