Several second order edge elements have been applied to solving magnetostatic problems. The performances of these elements are compared through an example of magnetic circuit. In order to ensure the compatibility of the system equations and hence the convergence, the current density is represented by the curl of a source field. This avoids an explicit gauge condition which is cumbersome in the ...

In this lecture a new formalism for constructing electromagnetic surface sources for static axisymmetric electrovacs is presented. The electrostatic and magnetostatic sources are derived from the discontinuities of the scalar potentials. This formalism allows the inclusion of two kinds of dipole sources: Sheets of dipoles and the dipole moment of a distribution of monopoles. It is a generalizat...

We compute ab initio cross sections for cold collisions of Rb atoms with OH radicals. We predict collision rate constants of order 10(-11) cm3/s at temperatures in the range 10-100 mK at which molecules have already been produced. However, we also find that in these collisions the molecules have a strong propensity for changing their internal state, which could make sympathetic cooling of OH in...