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A variety of Levitrons: a review
European Journal of Physics, Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Start page: 015001
Swansea University Authors:
Michael Charlton, Aled Isaac
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DOI (Published version): 10.1088/1361-6404/abbc2c
Abstract
After a brief history and critique of some older instruments, several new Levitron geometries are described. As a result of their greater stability these devices can be used as analogues of a number of phenomena and applications, including magnetic resonance techniques, atom traps and accelerator ri...
| Published in: | European Journal of Physics |
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| ISSN: | 0143-0807 1361-6404 |
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IOP Publishing
2020
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69530 |
| Abstract: |
After a brief history and critique of some older instruments, several new Levitron geometries are described. As a result of their greater stability these devices can be used as analogues of a number of phenomena and applications, including magnetic resonance techniques, atom traps and accelerator rings. In particular, the notion of the spinning magnet (or spignet) in a linear trap is similar to the mechanism underpinning the confinement of antihydrogen in a magnetic minimum trap, as achieved in experiments at CERN. |
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| Keywords: |
magnetic levitation, magnetic trapping, antihydrogen, magnetic resonance |
| College: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering |
| Funders: |
MC and CAI are grateful to the EPSRC for support of their work on low energy antimatter physics. |
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1 |
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015001 |