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The Hamiltonian Dynamics of Magnetic Confinement in Toroidal Domains

Mathematical Physics 2020-02-12 v3 Dynamical Systems math.MP Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

We consider a class of magnetic fields defined over the interior of a manifold MM which go to infinity at its boundary and whose direction near the boundary of MM is controlled by a closed 1-form σΓ(TM)\sigma_\infty \in \Gamma(T^*\partial M). We are able to show that charged particles in the interior of MM under the influence of such fields can only escape the manifold through the zero locus of σ\sigma_\infty. In particular in the case where the 1-form is nowhere vanishing we conclude that the particles become confined to its interior for all time.

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@article{arxiv.1711.05388,
  title  = {The Hamiltonian Dynamics of Magnetic Confinement in Toroidal Domains},
  author = {Gabriel Martins},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.05388},
  year   = {2020}
}

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16 pages