Particle in a Standing Wave Field

p

0

0.21

q

0

Pi

ϵ

0.24

steps

5000

view

plot	Poincaré map

This Demonstration shows the phase portrait of the Hamilton equations that describe the motion of a particle of mass

m

and charge

-e

in the field

E

of a standing wave. You can see separatrices corresponding to resonance with waves.