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Chaotic Collisionless Evolution in Galaxies and Charged‐Particle Beams
Author(s) -
KANDRUP HENRY E.,
BOHN COURTLANDT L.,
KISHEK RAMI A.,
O'SHEA PATRICK G.,
REISER MARTIN,
SIDERIS IOANNIS V.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1350.003
Subject(s) - physics , chaotic , charged particle , galaxy , particle (ecology) , work (physics) , classical mechanics , electron , gravitation , resonance (particle physics) , gyrokinetics , astrophysics , atomic physics , quantum mechanics , plasma , ion , oceanography , artificial intelligence , computer science , tokamak , geology
A bstract : Both galaxies and charged particle beams can exhibit collisionless evolution on surprisingly short time scales. This can be attributed to the dynamics of chaotic orbits. The chaos is often triggered by resonance caused by time dependence in the bulk potential, which acts almost identically for attractive gravitational forces and repulsive electrostatic forces. The similarity suggests that many physical processes at work in galaxies, although inaccessible to direct controlled experiments, can be tested indirectly via controlled experiments with charged particle beams, such as those envisioned for the University of Maryland electron ring currently nearing completion.