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Alpbach Summer School, 2002<br />

Consider particle drift in a<br />

time-independent magnetic<br />

field, with an electric field<br />

that varies in time, though on<br />

a scale that is long compared<br />

to <strong>the</strong> gyroperiod and drift<br />

period. Assume fur<strong>the</strong>r that<br />

<strong>the</strong> gyroradius is small<br />

compared to <strong>the</strong> length scale<br />

for variations in <strong>the</strong> electric (qΦ) and magnetic (B) fields and that <strong>the</strong><br />

first adiabatic invariant is conserved and longitudinal invariant J=0. In<br />

that case, <strong>the</strong> particles mirror in <strong>the</strong> equatorial plane, <strong>the</strong>re is no<br />

curvature drift, so that:<br />

v<br />

D<br />

× ∇(<br />

qΦ<br />

+ µ B)<br />

=<br />

2<br />

qB<br />

B<br />

Electric Potential (convection + corotation)<br />

corotation<br />

Alpbach Summer School, 2002

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