A variety of Levitrons: a review

Max Michaelis; Bob Bingham; Mike Charlton; C Aled Isaac

doi:10.1088/1361-6404/abbc2c

A variety of Levitrons: a review

Max Michaelis, Bob Bingham, Mike Charlton, C Aled Isaac^*

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Abstract

After a brief history and critique of some older instruments, several new Levitron geometries are described. As a result of their greater stability these devices can be used as analogues of a number of phenomena and applications, including magnetic resonance techniques, atom traps and accelerator rings. In particular, the notion of the spinning magnet (or spignet) in a linear trap is similar to the mechanism underpinning the confinement of antihydrogen in a magnetic minimum trap, as achieved in experiments at CERN.

Original language	English
Article number	015001
Number of pages	13
Journal	European Journal of Physics
Volume	42
Issue number	1
Early online date	12 Nov 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/abbc2c
Publication status	Published - 31 Jan 2021

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antihydrogen
magnetic levitation
magnetic resonance
magnetic trapping

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