Ideal MHD(-Einstein) Solutions Obeying The Force-Free Condition
Abstract
We find two families of analytic solutions to the ideal magnetohydrodynamics (iMHD) equations, in a class of 4-dimensional (4D) curved spacetimes. The plasma current is null, and as a result, the stress-energy tensor of the plasma itself can be chosen to take a cosmological-constant-like form. Despite the presence of a plasma, the force-free condition - where the electromagnetic current is orthogonal to the Maxwell tensor - continues to be maintained. Moreover, a special case of one of these two families leads us to a fully self-consistent solution to the Einstein-iMHD equations: we obtain the Vaidya-(anti-)de Sitter metric sourced by the plasma and a null electromagnetic stress tensor. We also provide a Mathematica code that researchers may use to readily verify analytic solutions to these iMHD equations in any curved 4D geometry.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1605.08786,
title = {Ideal MHD(-Einstein) Solutions Obeying The Force-Free Condition},
author = {Yi-Zen Chu and Vitaly Vanchurin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.08786},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
12 pages. The Mathematica package TensoriaCalc used in this paper, as well as its accompanying MHDSystem Guide, can be found at http://www.stargazing.net/yizen/MHD.html