Polarizability of dielectric torus

This applet calculates the normalized (divided by volume and permittivity of free space) polarizability of the dielectric torus having the relative permittivity e and the ratio between the ring radius and the circular cross section radius is R/r. Note that the polarizability is uniaxially anisotropic. The digits shown are correct.

Reference: J.D. Love: The dielectric ring in a uniform, axial, electrostatic field, Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 13, No. 9, pp. 1297-1304, September 1972.

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