Diamagnetism and magnetic force: a new laboratory for granular materials and chaotic/deterministic dynamics

Autor: James S. Brooks, J.A. Cothern
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Physica B: Condensed Matter. :721-728
ISSN: 0921-4526
Popis: We report studies on the dynamics of macroscopic particles in a low gravity “magnetic levitation” environment. Particle ensembles are held in a weak confining potential due to diamagnetic forces in a high-field resistive magnet. In such a case, the kinetic energy is not zero, and assemblies of particles undergo ergodic processes to find the lowest configurational ground state. Examples of such processes, as well as consideration of chaotic versus deterministic motion for single-particle orbits, will be presented.
Databáze: OpenAIRE