The problem of creating well-collimated beams of atoms escaping from a trap
is studied, This problem is of high importance for the realization of atom
lasers. Nonadiabatic dynamics of neutral atoms in nonuniform magnetic fiel
ds, typical of quadrupole magnetic traps, has been considered. The main res
ult of this report is that an unusual semiconfining regime of motion is fou
nd, when atoms are confined from one side of an axis but are not confined f
rom another side. This regime can be achieved by means of only magnetic fie
lds. The formed atomic beam can be forwarded in arbitrary direction.