Hamiltonian Theory of Ponderomotive Effects of an Electromagnetic Wave in a Nonuniform Magnetic Field
- 26 November 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 43 (22), 1668-1671
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.43.1668
Abstract
Noncanonical variables are used to construct a Hamiltonian for guiding-center motion in a nonuniform magnetostatic field. Lie methods are then used to obtain the pondermotive (quasistatic) Hamiltonian for the perturbation by a wave of arbitrary polarization and wave number, with spatially modualted amplitude and wave vector. The result is applied to the problem of rf stoppering in mirror confinement.Keywords
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