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Hamiltonian formulation of the modified Hasegawa Mima equation

Chaotic Dynamics 2014-02-21 v1 Plasma Physics

Abstract

We derive the Hamiltonian structure of the modified Hasegawa-Mima equation from the ion fluid equations applying Dirac's theory of constraints. We discuss the Casimirs obtained from the corresponding Poisson structure.

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@article{arxiv.1309.4762,
  title  = {Hamiltonian formulation of the modified Hasegawa Mima equation},
  author = {Cristel Chandre and Philip J. Morrison and Emanuele Tassi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.4762},
  year   = {2014}
}