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Nonrelativistic motion of a charged particle in an electromagnetic field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1998

C. J. McKINSTRIE  and
E. J. TURANO
C. J. McKINSTRIE
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA Laboratory for Laser Energetics, 250 East River Road, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
E. J. TURANO
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA Laboratory for Laser Energetics, 250 East River Road, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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Abstract

The nonrelativistic motion of a charged particle in the electromagnetic field of a plane wave is studied. New analytic solutions of the equation of motion are found that manifest the dependence of the period of the particle motion on the wave amplitude.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 59 , Issue 3 , April 1998 , pp. 555 - 560
Copyright
1998 Cambridge University Press

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