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Phase-space structure and nonlinear dynamics of a charged particle on a helicoidal manifold under a magnetic field

Classical Physics 2026-07-05 v1

Abstract

We analyze the classical dynamics of a charged particle constrained to a helicoidally embedded Riemannian manifold in R3\mathbb{R}^3 under a uniform magnetic field in the ambient space. The induced metric ds2=du2+(1+w2u2)dv2ds^2=du^2+(1+w^2u^2)dv^2 and the pulled-back symmetric gauge yield an exact reduction to a one-dimensional nonlinear Hamiltonian system. The resulting effective potential couples geometry and magnetic field, producing transitions between bounded and unbounded motion and a reorganization of phase-space topology. In the asymptotic regime, the dynamics reduces to a harmonic oscillator with ωeff=ωc/2\omega_{\mathrm{eff}}=\omega_c/2 and =2B\ell=\sqrt{2}\,\ell_\mathcal{B}. The system admits a Landau-type semiclassical spectrum and exhibits a geometry--magnetic control parameter Λ=qB+kvw\Lambda=q\mathcal{B}+\hbar k_v w governing a chirality transition.

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@article{arxiv.2607.07726,
  title  = {Phase-space structure and nonlinear dynamics of a charged particle on a helicoidal manifold under a magnetic field},
  author = {Abdullah Guvendi and Hassan Hassanabadi and Semra Gurtas Dogan and Omar Mustafa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.07726},
  year   = {2026}
}

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13 pages, 6 figures