Motion of charged particles in a knotted electromagnetic field

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DOI10.1088/1751-8113/43/23/235401zbMATH Open1205.78016arXiv1001.4985OpenAlexW3100436905WikidataQ62086826 ScholiaQ62086826MaRDI QIDQ3569977FDOQ3569977


Authors: Manuel Arrayás, Jóse L. Trueba Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 22 June 2010

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we consider the classical relativistic motion of charged particles in a knotted electromagnetic field. After reviewing how to construct electromagnetic knots from maps between the three-sphere and the two-sphere, we introduce a mean quadratic radius of the energy density distribution in order to study some properties of this field. We study the classical relativistic motion of electrons in the electromagnetic field of the Hopf map, and compute their trajectories. It is observed that these electrons initially at rest are strongly accelerated by the electromagnetic force, becoming ultrarelativistic in a period of time that depends on the knot energy and size.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1001.4985




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