Glossary of Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy Research
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See also the Plasma Dictionary.
| Term: | Adiabatic Invariant | |
| Definition: | Characteristic parameters which do not change as a physical system slowly evolves; the most commonly used one in plasma physics is the magnetic moment of a charged particle spiraling around a magnetic field line. |
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