Abstract
The present paper is about magnetic curves of spherical images in Euclidean 3-space. We obtain the Lorentz forces of the spherical images and then we determine if the spherical images have a magnetic curve or not. If a spherical image has a magnetic curve, then after presenting some basic concepts about the energy of a charged particle whose trajectory is that magnetic curve and the kinetic energy of a moving particle whose trajectory is the spherical indicatrix, we find the energy of the charged particle and the kinetic energy of the moving particle.
1. Introduction
Magnetic curves are curves showing lines of a magnetic force, as between the poles of a powerful magnet. It is known as “magnetostatics” in physics terminology and it deals with stationary electric currents [1]. The static magnetic fields on are regarded as closed 2-forms in mathematics terminology. Considering this concept on Euclidean 3-space, they can be introduced on a Riemannian manifold as closed two-forms. In the Riemannian manifold, the trajectories of the charged particles moving under the effect of the magnetic fields are magnetic curves. Magnetic curves are curves which satisfy a special equation
known as the Lorentz equation. Here, is Lorentz force, ∇ is the Levi–Civita connection. In other words, magnetic curves are solutions to Equation (1) [2]. When Equation (1) is zero, the Lorentz equation returns a geodesic equation. This fact shows that magnetic curves generalize the geodesic curves. So this is an important research topic in differential geometry and physics. In the last years, magnetic curves were studied in Kaehler manifolds and Sasakian manifolds, respectively, since their fundamental 2-forms provide natural examples of magnetic fields [3].
The relation between geometry and magnetic fields have a long history. It is well-known that the notion of linking number can be traced back to Gauss’s work on terrestrial magnetism. The linking number connects topology and Ampere’s law in magnetism. De Turck and Gluck studied magnetic curves and linking numbers in and Moreover, if magnetic trajectories have constant speed, a unit speed magnetic curve is called a normal magnetic curve and denoted by . In comparison, studies on 3-dimensional Riemann manifolds are more specific since the 2-forms correspond to vector fields in this case. In the light of this fact, magnetic fields identified with Killing vector fields are of great importance, because they can be associated with divergence-free vector fields. Moreover, their trajectories are called Killing magnetic curves [4].
In works of classical physics, to reduce the order of the system, continuous symmetries can be used, and in some parts, its integratde completely. They may also restrict solutions to an invariant manifold which we called conservation laws along with Noether’s theorem for variational problems. Thus, directly searching for symmetries in precise systems has received intensive attention in the last few decades. Another area of utilization symmetry analysis is to sort all earthly symmetry groups adopted by a differential equation with a large family. These conclusions gives us information about when a system of general form holds one or more symmetries with which circumstances [5]. Additionally, there are many works related to symmetries of charged particles [6,7,8].
In this paper, we study the magnetic fields of the spherical images of a regular curve in Euclidean 3-space We use the quasi elements of a regular space curve and give a relationship between and the magnetic fields of its spherical images which are given with the Frenet elements. We find the Lorentz force of the spherical images of the curve and determine if the spherical images of the curve have a magnetic curve or not. If a spherical image has a magnetic curve, after presenting some basic concepts about the energy of a charged particle under the action of a magnetic field, we find the energy of a charged particle which has that magnetic curve as its trajectory. Moreover, after giving some basic concepts about the kinetic energy of a moving particle, we find the kinetic energy of a moving particle which has the spherical indicatrix as its trajectory.
2. Preliminaries
In this section, we present some basic concepts about magnetic fields and magnetic curves. First of all, we recall the definitions of 2-form and closed form on a Riemannian manifold.
Definition 1.
Let be a Riemannian manifold. A 2-form η on M is a function × which satisfies the following two conditions [9]:
[i] is linear in X and in Y for all
[] η is skew-symmetric, that is, for all
Definition 2.
If the exterior derivative of a form η vanishes, that is, then η is called a closed form [9].
In a Riemannian manifold, the trajectories of the charged particles moving under the effect of the magnetic fields are magnetic curves. The magnetic fields in Riemannian manifold are regarded as closed 2-forms in mathematics terminology. The Lorentz force is a transformation which satisfies a special equation
If the particle preserves constant energy along its trajectory then the trajectory of the particle has constant velocity [10]. For any , the mixed product of these vector fields is defined by
where is the volume form corresponding to the metric g.
Assume that V is a Killing vector field and X is any vector field, then the Lorentz force equation is
Assume that is a unit speed magnetic curve and is its quasislope measured with respect to V. is a magnetic trajectory [11], of V iff
The quasi frame of a space curve which is parameterized with arc-length is , where the vector fields are given as
In this paper, we choose the projection vector and are called the quasi normal vector field and the quasi binormal vector field of the curve , respectively [12].
Let be the angle between the principal normal vector field and the quasi normal vector field . The quasi formulas are given by
where are called the quasi curvatures which are given by
The relationship between the Frenet frame and the quasi frame is given by [12].
3. Magnetic Curves, Spherical Images and Energy
In this section, we give a relationship between a regular space curve which is given with the quasi frame and magnetic curves of its spherical images which are given with the Frenet frame.
3.1. -Magnetic Particles of the Tangent Indicatrix
Let be a regular curve according to quasi frame in Euclidean 3-space and be its tangent indicatrix. Let be the quasi frame of the curve and be the Frenet frame of
Theorem 1.
The Lorentz force of the tangent indicatrix of the curve α can be expressed as
where and
Proof of Theorem 1.
According to the expression of the Frenet frame of in terms of the quasi frame of in [13], we can write
We know the following equalities from [14],
By the linearity of we can write
Since we know the equalities (26), we get
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Theorem 2.
The magnetic field V of the tangent indicatrix of the regular space curve α satisfies the following equality,
where
Proof of Theorem 2.
Since the magnetic field V corresponds to -magnetic curve, the equality
holds. So, we can write
Using the expression of in terms of the quasi elements of we get
So, from this equality we can write the following equalities,
Simple calculations give us the following equality,
To find b and c, we use the equality
Using the linearity of we can write
So, we get
Thus, we can write
Now, we have two equalities to calculate b and c,
Solving this system, we obtain
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Corollary 1.
The function which is given with the equation is
Proof of Corollary 1.
From Theorem 2, the result is obtained by direct calculations. □
3.2. The Energy of a -Magnetic Particle
Now, we give a formula to calculate the energy of a charged particle moving along a -magnetic curve which is a curve where the tangent satisfies Firstly, we recall some basic concepts about this subject.
Let be the bundle projection, and be a differentiable vector field. Here V is the vertical component and H is the horizontal component. Then differential can be separated into vertical and horizontal components as follows:
Because of the orthogonal decomposition of on the energy can be separated into two parts as follows:
where shows the Riemannian volume element. Using the facts that is a Riemannian submersion and F is a section, one can get the followings:
On the other hand, one can get
Thus, the energy formula becomes [15]
Let then the Sasaki metric on is defined by the following equation:
where is the connection map. This metric makes a Riemannian submersion.
If V is a magnetic field which corresponds to a -magnetic curve, the energy formula can be rewritten for V using the Sasaki metric as follows [16]:
Now, we give a formula to calculate the total kinetic energy of a particle traveling along a curve with the speed directed by Firstly, we recall some basic concepts about this subject.
Definition 3.
Let M be a Riemannian manifold and be a piecewise differentiable curve. A variation of c is a continuous mapping such that:
[i]
[] there exists a subdivision of by points such that the restriction of f to each is differentiable.
For each the parametrized curve given by is called a curve in the variation. Thus, a variation determines a family of neighboring curves of
A function is defined by
This function is used to compare the arc length of c with the arc length of neighboring curves in a variation of That is, is the length of the curve
The kinetic energy function is defined by
This function measures the total kinetic energy of a particle traveling along the curve with the speed directed by
Let be a curve and let
Putting and in the Schwarz inequality:
the following inequality is obtained:
where equality occurs if and only if g is constant, that is, if and only if t is proportional to arc length [17].
Theorem 3.
The energy of the particle which has -magnetic curve of the tangent indicatrix of a space curve α under the action of the magnetic field V is
where
Proof of Theorem 3.
The -magnetic curve of the tangent indicatrix of a space curve is the trajectory of under the action of the magnetic field To calculate the energy of the particle, we use the energy Formula (59). By the definition of the Sasaki metric, we can write
Since V is a section, we get
So, using this fact, we find
On the other hand, one can get
Thus, putting these values in the energy Formula (59), we obtain
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Theorem 4.
The total kinetic energy of the moving particle which has the tangent indicatrix of a space curve α as a trajectory is
Proof of Theorem 4.
The tangent indicatrix of a space curve is the trajectory of the particle. To calculate the total kinetic energy of the particle, we use the energy Formula (62). Since
We know,
where is the angle between the principal normal and the quasi normal So, we get
Thus, putting this value in the kinetic energy Formula (62), we obtain
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3.3. -Magnetic Particles of the Quasi Normal Indicatrix
Let be a regular curve according to quasi frame in Euclidean 3-space and be its quasi normal indicatrix. Let be the quasi frame of the curve and be the Frenet frame of
Theorem 5.
The Lorentz force of the quasi normal indicatrix of the curve α can be expressed as
where
Proof of Theorem 5.
According to the expression of the Frenet frame of in terms of the quasi frame of in [13], we can write
We know the following equalities from [14],
By the linearity of we can write
Since we know the equalities (81), we get
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Theorem 6.
There is not n-magnetic curve which is a curve where the tangent satisfies of the quasi normal indicatrix of a regular space curve.
Proof of Theorem 6.
If there was a magnetic curve it must have a magnetic field V such as
which satisfies the following equality,
So, we can write
Using the expressions of , , and in terms of the quasi elements of we get
So, from this equality we can write the following equalities,
Simple calculations give us the following system,
We want to solve this system according to the Crammer rule, so we must compute the determinants and where
and
Since and the system (95) does not have a solution. This means that there is not magnetic curve of the quasi normal indicatrix of a regular space curve. □
3.4. -Magnetic Particles of the Quasi Binormal Indicatrix
Let be a regular curve according to quasi frame in Euclidean 3-space and be its quasi binormal indicatrix. Let be the quasi frame of the curve and be the Frenet frame of
Theorem 7.
The Lorentz force of the quasi binormal indicatrix of the curve α can be expressed as
where
Proof of Theorem 7.
According to the expression of the Frenet frame of in terms of the quasi frame of in [13], we can write
We know the following equalities from [14],
By the linearity of we can write
Since we know the equalities (102), we get
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Theorem 8.
There is not b-magnetic which is a curve where the tangent satisfies curve of the quasi binormal indicatrix of a regular space curve.
Proof of Theorem 8.
If there was a magnetic curve it must have a magnetic field V such as
which satisfies the following equality,
So, we can write
Using the expressions of and in terms of the quasi elements of we get
So, from this equality we can write the following equalities,
Simple calculations give us the following system,
We want to solve this system according to the Crammer rule, so we must compute the determinants and where
and
Since and the system (114) does not have a solution. This means that there is not magnetic curve of the quasi binormal indicatrix of a regular space curve. □
4. Conclusions
Magnetic fields and magnetic curves are studied interdisciplinary, especially in physics and differential geometry. The Lorentz force Equation (5) can be applied in some areas such as in protons, cancer therapy, and velocity selectors [18]. Firstly, we mention about what they mean in physics. By the view of differential geometry, we consider the advantages of the quasi frame of a space curve and study magnetic particles of the spherical images of a regular space curve given with the quasi frame. Also, we calculate the energy of a charged particle whose trajectory is a -magnetic field, and the total kinetic energy of a moving particle whose trajectory is the tangent indicatrix. It is well known that the Lorentz formula generalizes the geodesic concept. Magnetic curves have many application areas in physics such as in Kirchhoff elastic rods, etc. For example, in his study, Munteanu mentioned the energy levels in models of atoms with closed geodesic [19]. Thus, magnetic curves are important for physics, and differential geometry is vital to study them.
Funding
This research received no external funding.
Acknowledgments
The author would like to thank the academic Editor and the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions, which have greatly improved this manuscript.
Conflicts of Interest
The author declares no conflict of interest.
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