A variety of Levitrons : a review

Michaelis, Max and Bingham, Bob and Charlton, Mike and Isaac, C Aled (2021) A variety of Levitrons : a review. European Journal of Physics, 42 (1). 015001. ISSN 0143-0807 (https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/abbc2c)

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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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Michaelis, Max, Bingham, Bob ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9843-7635, Charlton, Mike and Isaac, C Aled;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:74954
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    31 January 2021
    Published
    12 November 2020
    Published Online
    28 September 2020
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:18 Dec 2020 09:29
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 12:56
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/74954
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