Lagrangian analysis of alignment dynamics for isentropic compressible magnetohydrodynamics
Chaotic Dynamics
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
After a review of the isentropic compressible magnetohydrodynamics (ICMHD) equations, a quaternionic framework for studying the alignment dynamics of a general fluid flow is explained and applied to the ICMHD equations.
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@article{arxiv.nlin/0608009,
title = {Lagrangian analysis of alignment dynamics for isentropic compressible magnetohydrodynamics},
author = {J. D. Gibbon and D. D. Holm},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0608009},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
12 pages, 2 figures, submitted to a Focus Issue of New Journal of Physics on "Magnetohydrodynamics and the Dynamo Problem" J-F Pinton, A Pouquet, E Dormy and S Cowley, editors