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VOLUME 31 (1980) | ISSUE 5 |
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Atom motion in a superstrong magnetic field
Kadomtsev M.B.
A mass anisotropy effect arises when an atom moves in a superstrong magnetic field B> 1012 G. It is shown that a particle with an anisotropic mass performs a complicated motion in an inhomogeneous field: in a forward-current field slowing of the radial velocity leads to elastic scattering, and in a dipole field the sign of the derivative of the centrifugal potential changes, which leads to falling of the particle on the dipole.
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