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Chaotic Scattering and Escape Times of Marginally Trapped Ultracold Neutrons
Published
Author(s)
Kevin Coakley, J M. Doyle, S N. Dzhosyuk, L Yang, Paul R. Huffman
Abstract
We compute classical trajectories of Ultracold neutrons (UCNs) in a superconducting Ioffe-type magnetic trap using a symplectic integration method. We find that the computed escape time for a particular set of initial conditions (momentum and position) does not generally stabilize as the time step parameter is reduced unless the escape time is prompt (less than
Coakley, K.
, Doyle, J.
, Dzhosyuk, S.
, Yang, L.
and Huffman, P.
(2004),
Chaotic Scattering and Escape Times of Marginally Trapped Ultracold Neutrons, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
(Accessed October 12, 2025)