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jtbell, The context of the second equation is in space plasmas, describing the ratio between perpendicular particle energy and magnetic field. I found the equation in a book called "Basic Space Plasma Physics" by Baumjohann W. and Treumann R. A., Imperial College Press 2004. What I don't...

Hello everyone, this is my first post at Physics Forums! I am trying to understand electromagnetism, and when it comes to the magnetic moment, when reading around I see \mu = IA where A is area of a loop, which is an expression I can sort of understand. But when reading about magnetic drifts...