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We know that magnetic field is a non-conservative field, since it exists in closed loops.

Then how can we define the potential energy of a magnetic dipole placed in a magnetic field ?

Abhirikshma
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  • See http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/em/lectures/node38.html – Floris Aug 17 '15 at 17:32
  • We talk about forces being non conservative, it doesn't matter if the magnetic field has closed loops, firstly it isn't bad force field, secondly the force depends on velocity so the conservative nonconservative doesn't apply. So it's not clear what your problem is with dipoles in magnetic fields. – Timaeus Aug 17 '15 at 21:31
  • Where do you get the magnetic field to be non-conservative? – rmhleo Aug 17 '15 at 21:46
  • can you please clarify whether the Magnetic field is a conservative or a non-conservative force field ? because I was told that it is a non conservative field.. – Abhirikshma Aug 18 '15 at 00:55
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    Check out the answer to the following question https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/301195/how-is-it-possible-to-define-a-potential-energy-of-a-magnetic-dipole-if-bfb – jim Aug 26 '19 at 19:14

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