On the dynamical stability of the hovering magnetic top

DOI10.1016/S0167-2789(98)00282-6MaRDI QIDQ1808262zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 6 December 1999

Published in Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9803020

zbMATH Keywords

conditions for stable hoveringdynamic stabilityhovering magnetic topmagnetic levitationmagnetic traps for neutral particles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability problems in rigid body dynamics (70E50) Technical applications of optics and electromagnetic theory (78A55)

Abstract: In this paper we analyze the dynamic stability of the hovering magnetic top from first principles without using any preliminary assumptions. We write down the equations of motion for all six degrees of freedom and solve them analytically around the equilibrium solution. Using this solution we then find conditions which the height of the hovering top above the base, its total mass, and its spinning speed have to satisfy for stable hovering. The calculation presented in this paper can be used as a guide to the analysis and synthesis of magnetic traps for neutral particles.

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