A new adiabatic theory permits the understanding of one-dimensional dynamics of particles interacting with a large-amplitude wave packet for bounce time short compared with the transit time. This theory differs from previous ones in that the Hamiltonian varies slowly not with the time, but with the coordinate. The resulting adiabatic invariant is not equal, even in lowest order, to the usual action. This theory predicts the basic features of the interaction observed in previous numerical studies.
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