Published May 2003
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Journal article
Second constant of motion for two-dimensional positronium in a magnetic field
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, California 93740-0037 (United States)
Description
Recent numerical work indicates that the classical motion of positronium in a constant magnetic field does not exhibit chaotic behavior if the system is confined to two dimensions. One would therefore expect this system to possess a second constant of the motion in addition to the total energy. In this paper we construct a generalization of the Laplace-Runge-Lenz vector and show that a component of this vector is a constant of the motion
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevA.67.052503;
- arXiv
- arXiv:physics/0303105v1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. A
- Journal Volume
- 67
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Journal Page Range
- p. 052503-052503.2
- ISSN
- 1050-2947
- CODEN
- PLRAAN
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 36079671
- Subject category
- S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHAOS THEORY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; POSITRONIUM; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; VECTORS
- Descriptors DEC
- MATHEMATICS; TENSORS
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2003 The American Physical Society