Medical Definition of Banana orbit

1. In a toroidal magnetic geometry, the fast spiraling of a charged particle around a magnetic field line is accompanied by a slow movement (drift) of the centre of the sprial. Particles with relatively low parallel energy are mirrored on the inside of the torus because the toroidal magnetic field has a 1/R dependence and is highest on the inside. The combination of mirroring and drift produces a special class of particle orbits. Projected onto a poloidal plane, the drift orbit has the shape of a banana. These orbits are responsible for neo-classical diffusion and bootstrap current. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Banana Orbit

banalises
banalities
banality
banalize
banalized
banalizes
banalizing
banally
banana
banana
bananas
banana boat
banana bread
banana family
banana oil
banana orbit (current term)
banana passion fruit
banana peel
banana quit
banana republic
banana skin
banana split
banana tree
banausic
banc
banch
banco
bancos
bancroftian filariasis
bancroftiasis

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