Adiabatic Invariants

Plasma Physics · Part 1

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Table of Contents

  1. 1.6.1 Adiabatic Invariants in Physics
  2. 2.6.2 First Adiabatic Invariant: Magnetic Moment
  3. 3.6.3 Second Adiabatic Invariant: Longitudinal Invariant
  4. 4.6.4 Third Adiabatic Invariant: Flux Invariant
  5. 5.6.5 Violations of Adiabatic Invariants
  6. 6.6.6 Applications to Particle Confinement
  7. 7.Summary: Part I Complete
  8. 8.6.1.1 Definition and General Theory
  9. 9.6.1.2 Three Plasma Adiabatic Invariants
  10. 10.6.1.3 Nested Hierarchy

Key Equations

$$I = \oint p \, dq$$
$$\frac{dB}{dt} = \frac{\partial B}{\partial t} + \mathbf{v} \cdot \nabla B$$
$$\frac{r_L}{R_c} \ll 1$$
$$\frac{E_{\perp 1}}{E_{\perp 0}} = \frac{\mu B_1}{\mu B_0} = \frac{B_1}{B_0}$$

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This PDF is part of the Plasma Physics course on CoursesHub.World. Comprehensive study of the fourth state of matter. Covers single-particle motion, kinetic theory, MHD, waves and instabilities, collisional processes, magnetic and inertial confinement fusion, space a...

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