Rao, K. N. S. and Rao, A. V. G. (1997) The Larmor nutation. Pramana, 48 (3). pp. 775-786.
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Abstract
The classical non-relativistic problem of the motion of a charged particle in an external central force field and a weak uniform magnetic field is revisited to show that the motion of the kinetic angular momentum L = r x p of the particle, in the so-called Larmor approximation, is not a simple precession but is actually a composite motion involving precession as well as a high frequency nutation. The precession-nutation motion of L is discussed in the Larmor approximation when the Larmor-frame-orbit of the charged particle is an ellipse (or a circle) for the case of the two central forces namely the Coulomb and the Hooke-law-force, which are the only two central forces known to permit closed orbits.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | D Physical Science > Physics |
| Divisions: | Department of > Physics |
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| Date Deposited: | 28 May 2021 07:05 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2023 06:19 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uni-mysore.ac.in/id/eprint/16638 |
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