Abstract:
We consider the motion of a composite charged particle in a constant electric field. Using the billiard formalism, we establish exact laws of motion for such a particle with a small number of internal degrees of freedom and propose using a generalized Schwarz principle to straighten trajectories in the field presence. Within the billiard formalism, we obtain regimes of motion of a composite particle with two internal degrees of freedom in a constant field.
Keywords:
particle with internal degrees of freedom, constant field, billiard.
Citation:
V. V. Yanovskii, A. V. Tur, Yu. N. Maslovsky, “A charged composite particle in a constant electric field”, TMF, 175:2 (2013), 247–278; Theoret. and Math. Phys., 175:2 (2013), 655–680