guiding center drift

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• Guiding center — Charged particle drifts in a homogeneous magnetic field. (A) No disturbing force (B) With an electric field, E (C) With an independent force, F (eg. gravity) (D) In an inhomogeneous magnetic field, grad H In many cases of practical interest, the… …   Wikipedia

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