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A slowly varying field magnitude exerts the gyroaveraged force $-\mu \nabla B$ on a particle with magnetic moment $\mu =m{v}_{\perp }^2/(2B)$. Applying the perpendicular-force guiding-centre drift formula gives the displayed velocity. Its direction depends on the sign of the particle charge.

Seek a constant transverse guiding-centre drift ${\mathbf{v}}_d$ whose magnetic Lorentz force balances the applied force. DefineSince $\mathbf{F}\cdot \mathbf{B}=0$, the vector triple-product identity gives $q{\mathbf{v}}_d\times \mathbf{B}=-\mathbf{F}$. Writing $\mathbf{v}={\mathbf{v}}_d+\mathbf{u}$ therefore reduces the full equation to $m\dot{\mathbf{u}}=q\mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{B}$, the ordinary gyromotion equation. Its transverse orbit is circular in the drifting frame, soAveraging over a gyroperiod removes the transverse oscillatory velocity and leaves this drift, together with any constant parallel velocity. For an electric force $\mathbf{F}=q\mathbf{E}$, this becomes the charge-independent $\mathbf{E}\times \mathbf{B}/B^2$ drift; a charge-independent force instead gives opposite drift directions for opposite charge signs.

A quantum dot is an electron-confining potential well, whereas an antidot is a depleted potential hill. At the same magnetic field, their closed guiding-centre drift has opposite circulation. A series dot needs transmission through two barriers; a side-coupled antidot can connect already propagating quantum Hall edge states and induce backscattering. Both can have discrete energies and charging effects, but a electrical conductance peak or dip depends on lead connectivity rather than solely on the existence of a closed orbit.

A skipping orbit is the semiclassical path of a charged particle whose cyclotron arcs are repeatedly interrupted by a reflecting boundary. The centre of successive arcs advances along the edge. For electrons in a perpendicular positive $B_z$, the opposite sides of a strip carry opposite directed motion. A smooth boundary replaces hard reflections by guiding-centre drift; the quantum counterpart is a quantum Hall edge state.