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Self-organized circular flow of classical point particles

Mathematical Physics 2016-11-02 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs math.MP

Abstract

We consider newtonian dynamics of NN charged particles on the circle with nearest neigbour interaction with Coulomb repulsive potential r1r^{-1} . Also there is an external accelerating force which is nonzero only on a small part of the circle. We construct homogeneous solutions where the velocities of all particles are approximately equal and their density is approximately uniform. This gives a qualitative mathematical model for some features of the direct electric current (DC), in agreement with a suggestion by R. Feynman.

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@article{arxiv.1209.2289,
  title  = {Self-organized circular flow of classical point particles},
  author = {V. A. Malyshev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1209.2289},
  year   = {2016}
}
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