On the validity of the guiding-center approximation in the presence of strong magnetic gradients
Abstract
The motion of a charged particle in a nonuniform straight magnetic field with a constant magnetic-field gradient is solved exactly in terms of elliptic functions. The connection between this problem and the guiding-center approximation is discussed. Here, it is shown that, for this problem, the predictions of higher-order guiding-center theory agree very well with the orbit-averaged particle motion and hold well beyond the standard guiding-center limit $$\epsilon$$ $$\equiv$$ p/L << 1, where p is the gyromotion length scale and L is the magnetic-field gradient length scale.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Saint Michael's College, Colchester, VT (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1465758
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1361830
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0014032
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physics of Plasmas
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 24; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
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Brizard, Alain J. On the validity of the guiding-center approximation in the presence of strong magnetic gradients. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4981217.
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title = {On the validity of the guiding-center approximation in the presence of strong magnetic gradients},
author = {Brizard, Alain J.},
abstractNote = {The motion of a charged particle in a nonuniform straight magnetic field with a constant magnetic-field gradient is solved exactly in terms of elliptic functions. The connection between this problem and the guiding-center approximation is discussed. Here, it is shown that, for this problem, the predictions of higher-order guiding-center theory agree very well with the orbit-averaged particle motion and hold well beyond the standard guiding-center limit $\epsilon$ $\equiv$ p/L << 1, where p is the gyromotion length scale and L is the magnetic-field gradient length scale.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4981217},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
number = 4,
volume = 24,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 18 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Tue Apr 18 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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