Stable thrust on a finite-sized magnet above a Meissner superconducting torus

Jose-Luis Perez-Diaz, Efren Diez-Jimenez, Ignacio Valiente-Blanco +1

Forces and torques exerted by a superconducting torus on a permanent magnet have been mapped. It is demonstrated that stable orbits exist. Moreover, provided that the magnet remain…