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In Chap. 2 we discussed the idea of the guiding center (GC) approximation and the solutions of
for homogeneous fields. Here we consider the motion in inhomogeneous fields, starting for simplicity, at the non-relativistic limit \((\gamma =\, 1, \ \mathbf{p}=\,m\bf v).\)
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Koskinen, H.E.J. (2011). Single Particle Motion. In: Physics of Space Storms. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00319-6_3
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