Twist property of periodic motion of an atom near a charged wire

Letters in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 9-17

  Lei, Jinzhi ^a   Zhang, Meirong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Invariant closed curve; Oscillating charge; Periodic motion; Stability; Subharmonics; Twist coefficient

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041385842     PISSN: 03779017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015797310039     Document Type: Article

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