Are Larmor Orbits Created by a Charged Gas in a Uniform B Field?

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I was reading an article and it said if we have a charged gas of particles and it is in a uniform B field, then at any point there will be Larmor orbits. I mean this seems correct. So the charged particles would start a circular orbit. F=q(vxB) I just want to make sure this is correct.
 
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