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The potential energy of a magnetic dipole in an external uniform field B is
AU = −m · B
BU = +m · B
CU = m × B
DU = m / B
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. U = −m · B
U = −m · B; minimum (−mB) when m is parallel to B, maximum (+mB) when antiparallel.
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