Clusters of charged diamagnetic particles levitating in nonuniform magnetic field

For confinement and investigation of strongly coupled systems of charged macroparticles, we propose to use a trap based on the known possibility of the levitation of diamagnetic bodies in a nonuniform steady-state magnetic field. An experimental setup is described, which is capable of forming and co...

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Veröffentlicht in:Europhysics letters 2009-12, Vol.88 (6), p.64002
Hauptverfasser: Savin, S. F, D'yachkov, L. G, Vasiliev, M. M, Petrov, O. F, Fortov, V. E
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Zusammenfassung:For confinement and investigation of strongly coupled systems of charged macroparticles, we propose to use a trap based on the known possibility of the levitation of diamagnetic bodies in a nonuniform steady-state magnetic field. An experimental setup is described, which is capable of forming and confining clusters of charge graphite particles sized 100 to 300 μm in magnetic field B ~ 1 T and $|\nabla B|$ ~  10 T/cm. It is inferred that it will be possible to form stable 3D structures containing several thousands macroparticles under terrestrial conditions by using fields B > 10 T, and under microgravity conditions by using fields B ~ 0.1 T.
ISSN:0295-5075
1286-4854
DOI:10.1209/0295-5075/88/64002