Guiding Center Motion
Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 49 / Number 2T / February 2006 / Pages 59-66
Technical Paper / Plasma and Fusion Energy Physics - Kinetic Theory / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST06-A1104
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The motion of charged particles in slowly varying electromagnetic fields is analyzed. The strength of the magnetic field is such that the gyro-period and the gyro-radius of the particle motion around field lines are the shortest time and length scales of the system. The particle motion is described as the sum of a fast gyro-motion and a slow drift velocity.
