Electromagnetic trap for polar particles

A novel design for an electromagnetic trap is proposed for confinement of neutral particles having a permanent electric dipole moment. The device uses a combination of a sextupole electric and quadrupole magnetic fields superimposed with a strong constant electric field perfectly aligned along the z...

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Main Authors: Maria Przybylska, Andrzej J Maciejewski, Yurij Yaremko
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2020-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/abb913
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Andrzej J Maciejewski
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description A novel design for an electromagnetic trap is proposed for confinement of neutral particles having a permanent electric dipole moment. The device uses a combination of a sextupole electric and quadrupole magnetic fields superimposed with a strong constant electric field perfectly aligned along the z -axis. We use the extended dipole model to study the dynamics of particle in this position dependent electromagnetic field. The motion of the centre of mass of the dipole is nonlinearly coupled with its rotation. We find three families of particular solutions for which the orbits are periodic or quasiperiodic. They correspond to the particular cases when the whole energy is accumulated in either translational or rotational degrees of freedom. Stability analysis of chosen particular solutions provides trapping conditions. We present several numerical simulations which illustrate trapping and confinement of an electric dipole in the proposed trap. These simulations were performed for three kinds of polar particles and various fields selections. We hope that the proposed model allows experimental physicists to apply a wide variety of non-destructive methods for manipulation, detection and analysis of trapped particles.
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spelling doaj.art-394ad71958d34eeb86bf74e8707b4f612023-08-08T15:28:01ZengIOP PublishingNew Journal of Physics1367-26302020-01-01221010304710.1088/1367-2630/abb913Electromagnetic trap for polar particlesMaria Przybylska0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2929-7421Andrzej J Maciejewski1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3846-448XYurij Yaremko2Institute of Physics, University of Zielona Góra , Licealna St. 9, 65–417 Zielona Góra, PolandJanusz Gil Institute of Astronomy, University of Zielona Góra , Licealna St. 9, 65–417 Zielona Góra, PolandInstitute for Condensed Matter Physics of NAS of Ukraine , 1 Svientsitskii St., 79011 Lviv, UkraineA novel design for an electromagnetic trap is proposed for confinement of neutral particles having a permanent electric dipole moment. The device uses a combination of a sextupole electric and quadrupole magnetic fields superimposed with a strong constant electric field perfectly aligned along the z -axis. We use the extended dipole model to study the dynamics of particle in this position dependent electromagnetic field. The motion of the centre of mass of the dipole is nonlinearly coupled with its rotation. We find three families of particular solutions for which the orbits are periodic or quasiperiodic. They correspond to the particular cases when the whole energy is accumulated in either translational or rotational degrees of freedom. Stability analysis of chosen particular solutions provides trapping conditions. We present several numerical simulations which illustrate trapping and confinement of an electric dipole in the proposed trap. These simulations were performed for three kinds of polar particles and various fields selections. We hope that the proposed model allows experimental physicists to apply a wide variety of non-destructive methods for manipulation, detection and analysis of trapped particles.https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/abb913electromagnetic trapdynamics of electric dipolenonlinear dynamicsstability analysis
spellingShingle Maria Przybylska
Andrzej J Maciejewski
Yurij Yaremko
Electromagnetic trap for polar particles
New Journal of Physics
electromagnetic trap
dynamics of electric dipole
nonlinear dynamics
stability analysis
title Electromagnetic trap for polar particles
title_full Electromagnetic trap for polar particles
title_fullStr Electromagnetic trap for polar particles
title_full_unstemmed Electromagnetic trap for polar particles
title_short Electromagnetic trap for polar particles
title_sort electromagnetic trap for polar particles
topic electromagnetic trap
dynamics of electric dipole
nonlinear dynamics
stability analysis
url https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/abb913
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