Title: Bounce Motion, the Second Adiabatic Invariant and Drift Shells
Abstract: In Chapter I we have dealt mainly with particle motion perpendicular to the magnetic field (cyclotron motion and drift). In this Section we shall deal with the particle motion parallel to the field lines. We shall again concentrate on the case of a static magnetic field. We shall further assume for the time being that there are no parallel components of external forces, i.e. that field lines are equipotentials. This means that, as long as a particle follows a given field line, its kinetic energy will remain constant (remember that the Lorentz force performs no work on the particle).
Publication Year: 1970
Publication Date: 1970-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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