Lie transforms and motion of a charged particle in a periodic magnetic field

We use the Lie series averaging method to obtain a complete second order solution for motion of a charged particle in a spatially periodic magnetic field. A comparison is made with the first order solution obtained previously by Coffey.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sikha Bhattacharyya, R. K. Roy Choudhury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1984-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171284000168