Asymmetric Electrostatic Force

Katsuo Sakai^*

Electrostatic Generator Research Laboratory, Yokohama, Japan.

DOI: 10.4236/jemaa.2014.610026                

Abstract

Asymmetric electrostatic forces are a very interesting and new phenomenon. The magnitude of an electrostatic force that acts on a point charge does not change when the direction of the electric field is reversed. On the contrary, the magnitude of the electrostatic force that acts on a charged asymmetric shaped conductor does change when the direction of the electric field is reversed. 5 years ago, this phenomenon was reported by a simple experiment and a simulation and named as an Asymmetric electrostatic force unofficially by the author. After that, several simulations confirmed this phenomenon. However, several experiments did not yet confirm it clearly. The difference between the simulations and the experiments depends upon differences of their conditions. The simulations had been done under ideal (perfect) conditions; the experiments, on the contrary, had been done under actual (not perfect) conditions. In the new experiment, its conditions were improved to near ideal (perfect) conditions. As a result the existence of the Asymmetric electrostatic force was more clearly confirmed.

Keywords

Asymmetric Electrostatic Force, Asymmetric Conductor, Charged Conductor, Charge Decay Rate, Axis Symmetry Finite Difference Method

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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