GUIDING CENTER MOTION

Authors
SCHEP TJ
Citation
Tj. Schep, GUIDING CENTER MOTION, Fusion technology, 29(2T), 1996, pp. 37-43
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology
Journal title
Fusion technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07481896
Volume
29
Issue
2T
Year of publication
1996
Pages
37 - 43
Database
ISI
SICI code
0748-1896(1996)29:2T<37:GCM>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The motion of charged particles in slowly varying electromagnetic fiel ds is analyzed. The magnetic field is supposed to be strong such that the gyro-period and the gyro-radius of the particle motion around fiel d lines are the shortest time and length scale of the system. The part icle motion can be described as the sum of a fast gyro-motion and of a slow drift velocity.