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Homework Statement
The question is about page 198 of Jackson's Classical Electrodynamics. The magnetic scalar potential is set to be:
Phi = ∫ (dΩ' cosθ'/ |x-x'|).
Using the spherical harmonics expansion of 1/|x-x'|, the book claims that only l=1 survives. I don't know why terms of l≠1 vanish
The Attempt at a Solution
I considered the addition theorem of 1/|x-x'| that contains on Y* (θ',ϕ'). I am trying to see whether the sin's and cos's inside Y* (θ',ϕ') are orthogonal to cosθ' for l≠1, but I had no success doing so. I could not think of other reasons why only l=1 terms survive.
Any ideas