 E-cross-B drift (source code)

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= E-cross-B drift
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{title2=$\mathbf E\times\mathbf B/B^2$}
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In uniform perpendicular electric and magnetic fields, a charged particle's cyclotron orbit has guiding-centre velocity
$$
\mathbf v_D=\frac{\mathbf E\times\mathbf B}{B^2},
$$
independent of its charge and mass.

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