Splitting methods for Levitron Problems

arXiv1201.1736MaRDI QIDQ6230145FDOQ6230145

Publication date: 9 January 2012

Abstract: In this paper we describe splitting methods for solving Levitron, which is motivated to simulate magnetostatic traps of neutral atoms or ion traps. The idea is to levitate a magnetic spinning top in the air repelled by a base magnet. The main problem is the stability of the reduced Hamiltonian, while it is not defined at the relative equilibrium. Here it is important to derive stable numerical schemes with high accuracy. For the numerical studies, we propose novel splitting schemes and analyze their behavior. We deal with a Verlet integrator and improve its accuracy with iterative and extrapolation ideas. Such a Hamiltonian splitting method, can be seen as geometric integrator and saves computational time while decoupling the full equation system. Experiments based on the Levitron model are discussed.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Multistep, Runge-Kutta and extrapolation methods for ordinary differential equations (65L06) Stability and convergence of numerical methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M12) Numerical methods for Hamiltonian systems including symplectic integrators (65P10)

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