Momentum conservation in dissipationless reduced-fluid dynamics
Plasma Physics
2010-09-17 v1 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
The momentum conservation law for general dissipationless reduced-fluid (e.g., gyrofluid) models is derived by Noether method from a variational principle. The reduced-fluid momentum density and the reduced-fluid canonical momentum-stress tensor both exhibit polarization and magnetization effects as well as an internal torque associated with dynamical reduction. As an application, we derive an explicit gyrofluid toroidal angular-momentum conservation law for axisymmetric toroidal magnetized plasmas.
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@article{arxiv.1009.3218,
title = {Momentum conservation in dissipationless reduced-fluid dynamics},
author = {Alain J. Brizard},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.3218},
year = {2010}
}
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4 pages