Transient capture of electrons in magnetic fields, or: comets in the restricted three-body problem
- The motion of celestial bodies in astronomy is closely related to the orbits of electrons encircling an atomic nucleus. Bohr and Sommerfeld presented a quantization scheme of the classical orbits to analyze the eigenstates of the hydrogen atom. Here we discuss another close connection of classical trajectories and quantum mechanical states: the transient dynamics of objects around a nucleus. In this setup a comet (or an electron) is trapped for a while in the vicinity of parent object (Jupiter or an atomic nucleus), but eventually escapes after many revolutions around the center of attraction.
Author: | Tobias KramerORCiD |
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Document Type: | In Proceedings |
Parent Title (English): | Journal of Physics: Conference Series |
Volume: | 1612 |
First Page: | 012019 |
Date of first Publication: | 2020/08/27 |
ArXiv Id: | http://arxiv.org/abs/1912.08593 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1612/1/012019 |