Regular and chaotic dynamics of a neutral atom in a magnetic trap
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Universidad de La Rioja
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ISSN: 1434-6060
Datum der Publikation: 2013
Ausgabe: 67
Nummer: 12
Art: Artikel
Andere Publikationen in: European Physical Journal D
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Zusammenfassung
In the framework of the nonlinear mechanics, we study the dynamics of a neutral atom confined in a magnetic quadrupolar trap. Owing to the axial symmetry of the system, the z-component of the angular momentum p φ is an integral of motion and, in cylindrical coordinates, the dynamics of the atom is modeled by a two-degree of freedom Hamiltonian. The structure and evolution of the phase space as a function of the energy is explored extensively by means of numerical techniques of continuation of families of periodic orbits and Poincaré surfaces of section. © 2013 EDP Sciences, SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.