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The most obvious components of particle accelerators and beam transport systems are those that provide the beam guidance and focusing system. Whatever the application may be, a beam of charged particles is expected by design to follow closely a prescribed path along a desired beam transport line or along a closed orbit in case of circular accelerators. The forces required to bend and direct the charged particle beam or provide focusing to hold particles close to the ideal path are known as the Lorentz forces and are derived from electric and magnetic fields through the Lorentz equation.
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Wiedemann, H. (2007). Particle Dynamics in Electromagnetic Fields. In: Particle Accelerator Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49045-6_2
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