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On quasisymmetric plasma equilibria sustained by small force

Analysis of PDEs 2021-02-17 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP Fluid Dynamics Plasma Physics

Abstract

We construct smooth, non-symmetric plasma equilibria which possess closed, nested flux surfaces and solve the magnetohydrostatic (steady three-dimensional incompressible Euler) equations with a small force. The solutions are also `nearly' quasisymmetric. The primary idea is, given a desired quasisymmetry direction ξ\xi, to change the smooth structure on space so that the vector field ξ\xi is Killing for the new metric and construct ξ\xi--symmetric solutions of the magnetohydrostatic equations on that background by solving a generalized Grad-Shafranov equation. If ξ\xi is close to a symmetry of Euclidean space, then these are solutions on flat space up to a small forcing.

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@article{arxiv.2009.08860,
  title  = {On quasisymmetric plasma equilibria sustained by small force},
  author = {Peter Constantin and Theodore D. Drivas and Daniel Ginsberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.08860},
  year   = {2021}
}

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24 pages, 2 figures, accepted version

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