Hau, LeneBurns, MichaelGolovchenko, Jene2014-02-261992Hau, Lene, Michael Burns, and J. Golovchenko. 1992. Bound states of guided matter waves: An atom and a charged wire. Physical Review A 45(9) (May): 6468-6478.0556-27911050-2947http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11807540We argue that it is possible to bind a neutral atom in stable orbits around a wire charged by a time-varying sinusoidal voltage. Both classical and quantum-mechanical theories for this system are discussed, and a unified approach to the Kapitza picture of effective potentials associated with high-frequency fields is presented. It appears that cavities and waveguides for neutral-atomic-matter waves may be fashioned from these considerations.en-USFrom ISI Web of Science Keywords Plus:ParticleJournal Article2014-02-2610.1103/PhysRevA.45.6468