
In the first configuration \( (1) \) as shown in the figure, four identical charges \( (q_0 )\) are kept at the corners \( A, B, C \) and \( D \) of square of side length ‘\( a \)’. In the second configuration \( (2) \), the same charges are shifted to mid points \( G, E, H \) and \( F \), of the square. If \(\displaystyle K = \frac{1}{4\pi \epsilon_0} \), the difference between the potential energies of configuration \( (2) \) and \( (1) \) is given by: