INVARIANTS IN THE MOTION OF A CHARGED PARTICLE IN A SPATIALLY MODULATED MAGNETIC FIELD.
INVARIANTS IN THE MOTION OF A CHARGED PARTICLE IN A SPATIALLY MODULATED MAGNETIC FIELD.
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10.1063/1.1664514
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1968-11
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D. A. Dunnett;E. W. Laing;J. Taylor
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D. A. Dunnett;E. W. Laing;J. Taylor
In this paper we study the effect of a spatial modulation in the magnetic field on invariants such as the magnetic moment μ=V⊥2/B. In particular, we investigate whether an invariant still exists when the wavelength of the modulation is comparable to the gyro radius of the particle. In an axially symmetric magnetic field, with a square‐wave modulation, the orbit equations reduce to algebraic relations convenient for numerical study. We find from such studies that orbits are of two types: (a) regular orbits which generate an invariant; (b) orbits which are quasi‐ergodic. We have also calculated an invariant by perturbation theory with the depth of modulation of the field as a small parameter. For this we developed a modified form of perturbation theory which overcomes the difficulty of infinities arising at resonance between the perturbation and the cyclotron period. This difficulty in fact corresponds to a change in topology of the invariant curves. The invariant calculated from this theory shows very good...