HALL-EFFECT FOR NEUTRAL ATOMS

Authors
KASANTSEV AP DYKHNE AM POKROVSKY VL
Citation
Ap. Kasantsev et al., HALL-EFFECT FOR NEUTRAL ATOMS, JETP letters, 63(8), 1996, pp. 694-700
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JETP letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00213640
Volume
63
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
694 - 700
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-3640(1996)63:8<694:HFNA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
It is shown that polarizable neutral systems can drift in crossed magn etic and electric fields. The drift velocity is perpendicular to both fields, but, contrary to the drift velocity of a charged particle, it exists only if the fields vary in space or time. We develop an adiabat ic theory of this phenomenon and analyze conditions for its experiment al observation. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.