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Motion of test particles around domain walls

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We present a detailed analysis of the motion of test particles around domain walls. The study of the trajectories of the test particles has been done using the Hamilton-Jacobi formalism. In most of the cases we show that the particles can not be trapped by the walls.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Jadavpur University, 700 032, Calcutta, India

    Subenoy Chakraborty & Lalit Biswas

  2. Regional Meteorological Centre, India Meteorological Department, Govt. of India, 700 027, Calcutta, India

    Lalit Biswas

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  1. Subenoy Chakraborty
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Chakraborty, S., Biswas, L. Motion of test particles around domain walls. Pramana - J Phys 49, 603–607 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02848333

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