A particle in the Bio-Savart-Laplace magnetic field: explicit solutions
Plasma Physics
2016-09-08 v1 General Physics
Abstract
We consider the Schr\"odinger operator in the space with a magnetic potential created by an infinite straight current. We perform a spectral analysis of the operator almost explicitly. In particular, we show that the operator is absolutely continuous, its spectrum has infinite multiplicity and coincides with the positive half-axis. Then we find the large-time behavior of solutions of the time dependent Schr\"odinger equation. Equations of classical mechanics are also integrated. Our main observation is that both quantum and classical particles have always a preferable (depending on its charge) direction of propagation along the current and both of them are confined in the plane orthogonal to the current.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0403131,
title = {A particle in the Bio-Savart-Laplace magnetic field: explicit solutions},
author = {D. Yafaev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0403131},
year = {2016}
}
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6 pages