Relativistic Charged Particle Dynamics in Magnetic Mirrors

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Abstract

In high-field magnetic mirror devices, relativistic effects play a role in the confinement of high-energy electrons. For relativistic charged particles subject to an azimuthal magnetic vector potential, the confinement condition is derived. Power losses due to electromagnetic radiation from the acceleration of charged particles are shown to affect this confinement. Numerical calculations of electron trajectories between two current loops are provided, thus giving an estimate of the radiated power distribution in a simple magnetic mirror device.

*This work was made possible by funding from the Department of Energy for the Summer Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) program. This work is supported by the US DOE Contract No. DE-AC02-09CH11466.

Presenters

  • Dion Li

    • University of Michigan

Authors

  • Dion Li

    • University of Michigan

  • Tal Rubin

    • Princeton University

  • Mikhail Mlodik

    • Princeton University

  • Ian E Ochs

    • Princeton University

  • Elijah J Kolmes

    • Princeton University

  • Nathaniel J Fisch

    • Princeton University