Magnetic Connections in Curved Spacetime
Plasma Physics
2017-12-13 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
The ideal MHD theorem on the conservation of the magnetic connections between plasma elements is generalized to relativistic plasmas in curved spacetime. The connections between plasma elements, which are established by a covariant connection equation, display a particularly complex structure in curved spacetime. Nevertheless, it is shown that these connections can be interpreted in terms of magnetic field lines alone by adopting a foliation of spacetime.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1710.08897,
title = {Magnetic Connections in Curved Spacetime},
author = {Felipe A. Asenjo and Luca Comisso},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.08897},
year = {2017}
}