Closed magnetic geodesics on S^2

DOI10.4310/JDG/1304514976zbMATH Open1232.53006arXiv0808.4038OpenAlexW2963204179WikidataQ115170868 ScholiaQ115170868MaRDI QIDQ549095FDOQ549095

Authors: Matthias Schneider 

Publication date: 6 July 2011

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We give existence results for simple closed curves with prescribed geodesic curvature on $S^2$, which correspond to periodic orbits of a charge in a magnetic field.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0808.4038

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zbMATH Keywords

magnetic geodesicsplasma physicsequivariant degree theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Surfaces in Euclidean and related spaces (53A05) Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05)

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