least energy orientation homepage › Forums › the double ring › least energy orientation This topic has 0 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 5 years, 9 months ago by AndreasCeulemans. Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) Author Posts February 24, 2018 at 11:14 am #787 Score: 0 AndreasCeulemansParticipant for alpha<0: theta=90° is lowest energy configuration, this corresponds to the dumb-bell lying in the x-y plane. for alpha=0: the energy is independent of the orientation, so all orientations are lowest energy configurations. for alpha>0: theta=0° is lowest energy configuration, this corresponds to the dumb-bell lying parallel to the z-axis. Author Posts Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In