Abstract
The motion of charged particles moving in an electromagnetic field are determined by the Lorentz force. In this chapter we consider some special applications: uniform fields, electric and magnetic lenses, scattering, and a kinetic field formulation of the equations.
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Westgard, J.B. (1997). Particle Motion in Electromagnetic Fields. In: Electrodynamics: A Concise Introduction. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2356-6_7
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