• Rearranging, the gyroradius can be expressed as r g = m v ⊥ | q | B . {\displaystyle r_{g}={\frac {mv_{\perp }}{|q|B}}.} Thus, the gyroradius is directly proportional...
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  • {e^{2}}{kT}}\approx 1.44\times 10^{-7}\,{\frac {1}{T}}\ {\mbox{cm}}} electron gyroradius, the radius of the circular motion of an electron in the plane perpendicular...
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  • study plasma behavior on perpendicular spatial scales comparable to the gyroradius and frequencies much lower than the particle cyclotron frequencies. These...
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  • It is defined as R = Bρ = p/q, where B is the magnetic field, ρ is the gyroradius of the particle due to this field, p is the particle momentum, and q is...
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    its charge q, velocity v, and the circular path radius r, also called gyroradius. The angular speed is then: ω = v r = q B m {\displaystyle \omega ={\frac...
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    follow a helical trajectory through the field at a radius called the gyroradius. The acceleration from this curving motion induces the electron to radiate...
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    Sun to the Earth, the gyroradius of a proton is ~72 km and since a proton is ~1,836 times the mass of an electron, the gyroradius of an electron is ~40...
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    background magnetic field (comparable to the electron inertial length or ion gyroradius), Alfvén waves develop a significant electric field parallel to the background...
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    in space physics, when the simulation domain exceeds thousands of ion gyroradius scales, making it impractical to solve kinetic equations for electrons...
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  • m {\displaystyle \omega _{g}=qB/m} is the gyro frequency and R is the gyroradius. By dividing by ωg, we get 1 ω g T ∂ f ∂ t ′ + R L v ′ ⋅ ∂ f ∂ r ′ + (...
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