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Poisson brackets for guiding-centre and gyrocentre theories
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2005
Abstract
Poisson brackets in the phase space of averaging Kruskal coordinates are obtained in a clear and straightforward way. The derivation makes use of the equations of motion of guiding centres and gyrocentres derived from a gyroangle-independent Lagrangian, and from generally valid relations of Hamiltonian mechanics. The usual procedure of matrix inversion to obtain the Poisson tensor from the Lagrange tensor is not required.
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