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Charged Particle Motion

Subsections

Introduction
Motion in Uniform Fields
Method of Averaging
Guiding Centre Motion
Magnetic Drifts
Invariance of Magnetic Moment
Poincaré Invariants
Adiabatic Invariants
Magnetic Mirrors
Van Allen Radiation Belts
Ring Current
Second Adiabatic Invariant
Third Adiabatic Invariant
Motion in Oscillating Fields

Richard Fitzpatrick 2008-12-19