TBR: Dipole Torque Clarification

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justadream

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TBR Physics page 129

Torque = qELsin(theta)



Is q the product of the charges (this is how it is defined on the previous page)?



Also, why is a dipole "most stable" when, in a field from left to right (that means field arrows are going RIGHT), the positive end of the dipole is oriented on the left side (see figure 8-11a)?