Drift Motion of Charged Particles in Inhomogeneous Magnetic and Strong Electric Fields

Abstract: Distinctive features of the drift motion of a nonrelativistic charged particle in slowly varying magnetic and strong electric fields, for which the assumption that the electric drift velocity is small as compared to the total particle velocity is non-applicable, are studied. The variational principles of the drift motion are extended to the case of the strong electric field. The generalized Littlejohn’s Lagrangian is obtained and the extended set of drift equations is derived. The possibility of particle acceleration due to the drift motion along the strong electric field is demonstrated. © 2020, Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.

Authors
Marusov N.A. 1, 2, 3 , Sorokina E.A. 1, 3 , Ilgisonis V.I. 4
Journal
Plasma Physics Reports
Number of issue
7
Language
English
Pages
724-731
Status
Published
Link
External link
DOI
10.1134/S1063780X20070065
Volume
46
Year
2020
Organizations
  • 1 National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, 123182, Russian Federation
  • 2 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Moscow oblast 141701, Russian Federation
  • 3 Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, 117198, Russian Federation
  • 4 State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM, Moscow, 119017, Russian Federation
Keywords
charged particle motion; crossed electric and magnetic fields; drift theory; electric drift
Date of creation
02.11.2020
Date of change
06.09.2021
Short link
https://repository.rudn.ru/en/records/article/record/64590/
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