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In order to solve the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations with a $\mathbf{\mathcal{H}}(\mathbf{div})$-conforming element, a novel approach is proposed to ensure the exact divergence-free condition on the magnetic field. The idea is to add…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-02-01 Wei Cai , Jian Wu , Jianguo Xin

The dynamics of a dissipationless incompressible Hall magnetohydrodynamic (HMHD) medium is formulated using Lagrangian mechanics on a semidirect product of two volume preserving diffeomorphism groups. In the case of $\mathbb{T}^3$ or $E^3$,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Keisuke Araki

In this note we consider the ideal compressible magneto-hydrodynamics (MHD) equations in a special two dimensional setting. We show that there exist particular initial data for which one obtains infinitely many entropy-conserving weak…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-02-04 Christian Klingenberg , Simon Markfelder

We describe a numerical code to solve the equations for ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). It is based on an explicit finite difference scheme on an Eulerian grid, called the Total Variation Diminishing (TVD) scheme, which is a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Dongsu Ryu , T. W. Jones

Compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence is ubiquitous in astrophysical phenomena ranging from the intergalactic to the stellar scales. In studying them, numerical simulations are nearly inescapable, due to the large degree of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-07-27 Dimitar G Vlaykov , Philipp Grete , Wolfram Schmidt , Dominik R G Schleicher

We present an adaptive multiresolution method for the numerical simulation of ideal magnetohydrodynamics in two space dimensions. The discretization uses a finite volume scheme based on a Cartesian mesh and an explicit compact Rung-Kutta…

In many astrophysical plasmas, the Coulomb collision is insufficient to maintain an isotropic temperature, and the system is driven to the anisotropic regime. In this case, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) models with anisotropic pressure are…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-08-09 Hongyang Luo , John G. Lyon , Binzheng Zhang

In various astrophysical contexts, we analyze self-similar behaviours of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) evolution of a quasi-spherical polytropic magnetized gas under self-gravity with the specific entropy conserved along streamlines. In…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Wei-Gang Wang , Yu-Qing Lou

This paper presents applications of weighted meshless scheme for conservation laws to the Euler equations and the equations of ideal magnetohydrodynamics. The divergence constraint of the latter is maintained to the truncation error by a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Evghenii Gaburov , Keigo Nitadori

We develop a unified geometric framework for mechanical systems that combine conservative and dissipative dynamics by formulating them on contact manifolds. Within this setting, we identify the Reeb vector field as the intrinsic generator…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-12-16 Vinesh Vijayan , Pasupuleti Thejasree , P Satish Kumar , K Suganya

In this paper we show how the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) equations for ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) can be written in conservation form with the positivity of the dissipation guaranteed. We call the resulting algorithm…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 D. J. Price , J. J. Monaghan

In this paper, we establish the global well-posedness of the incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) system on $n-$dimensional $(n\geq 2)$ periodic boxes with either no magnetic diffusivity (non-resistive case) or no fluid viscosity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-05 Quansen Jiu , Yaowei Xie , Zhihong Yan

Motivated by a geometric method employed for the derivation of the Nambu bracket for ideal two-dimensional incompressible hydrodynamics, we reconstruct the reduced magnetohydrodynamic (RMHD) model by a priori imposition of its conservation…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-02-25 D. A. Kaltsas , G. N. Throumoulopoulos

In this paper, we are concerned with the two-dimensional (2D) incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations with velocity dissipation given by $(-\Delta)^{\alpha}$ and magnetic diffusion given by reducing about logarithmic diffusion…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-03-31 Chao Deng , Zhuan Ye , Baoquan Yuan , Jiefeng Zhao

We developed the full magnetohydrodynamical analytical jet model that allows accurate reproducing of a transversal and longitudinal structure for a highly collimated relativistic jets. This model can be used as a setup for convenient…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-29 E. E. Nokhrina , I. N. Pashchenko , V. A. Frolova , R. V. Todorov

In this paper, we present an entropy-stable (ES) discretization using a nodal discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method for the ideal multi-ion magneto-hydrodynamics (MHD) equations. We start by performing a continuous entropy analysis of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-05 Andrés M Rueda-Ramírez , Aleksey Sikstel , Gregor J Gassner

We prove the existence of both local and global smooth solutions to the Cauchy problem in $\R^3$ for the incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) system. We also prove that the solution to the incompressible MHD system can be obtained as…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-11-16 Anthony Suen

In this article we consider the stability threshold of the 2D magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations near a combination of Couette flow and large constant magnetic field. We study the partial dissipation regime with full viscous and only…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-09-04 Niklas Knobel , Christian Zillinger

The incompressible Hall-magnetohydrodynamics (Hall--MHD) system presents substantial analytical and computational challenges due to its stiff, highly nonlinear Hall term and the strict requirement that the magnetic field remains solenoidal.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Beniamin Goldys , Agus L. Soenjaya , Thanh Tran

A recent study on axisymmetric ideal magnetohydrodynamic equilibria with incompressible flows [H. Tasso and G. N. Throumoulopoulos, Phys. Plasmas {\bf 5}, 2378 (1998)] is extended to the generic case of helically symmetric equilibria with…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 G. N. Throumoulopoulos , H. Tasso