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We construct and analyze a model of the relativistic steady-state magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) rarefaction that is induced when a planar symmetric flow (with one ignorable Cartesian coordinate) propagates under a steep drop of the external…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 Konstantinos Sapountzis , Nektarios Vlahakis

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

Lattice gas and lattice Boltzmann methods are recently developed numerical schemes for simulating a variety of physical systems. In this paper a new lattice Boltzmann model for modeling two-dimensional incompressible magnetohydrodynamics…

comp-gas · Physics 2009-10-22 Daniel Martinez , Shiyi Chen , William Matthaeus

We construct multisymplectic formulations of fluid dynamics using the inverse of the Lagrangian path map. This inverse map -- the ``back-to-labels'' map -- gives the initial Lagrangian label of the fluid particle that currently occupies…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2009-11-13 C. J. Cotter , D. D. Holm , P. E. Hydon

We assemble the equations of general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in 3+1 form. These consist of the complete coupled set of Maxwell equations for the electromagnetic field, Einstein's equations for the gravitational field, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Thomas W. Baumgarte , Stuart L. Shapiro

Equations of ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) play an important role in the studies of turbulence, astrophysics, and plasma physics. These equations possess remarkable geometric structures and symmetries. Indeed, they admit a geodesic…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-03-19 Michael Roop

Nonlinear energy-conserving drift-fluid equations that are suitable to describe self-consistent finite-beta low-frequency electromagnetic (drift-Alfven) turbulent fluctuations in a nonuniform, anisotropic, magnetized plasma are derived from…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Alain J. Brizard

On the basis of gauge principle in the field theory, a new variational formulation is presented for flows of an ideal fluid. The fluid is defined thermodynamically by mass density and entropy density, and its flow fields are characterized…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-10-12 Tsutomu Kambe

Reduced magnetohydrodynamics is a simplified set of magnetohydrodynamics equations with applications to both fusion and astrophysical plasmas, possessing a noncanonical Hamiltonian structure and consequently a number of conserved…

Computational Physics · Physics 2017-10-05 Michael Kraus , Emanuele Tassi , Daniela Grasso

The paper presents two contributions in the context of the numerical simulation of magnetized fluid dynamics. First, we show how to extend the ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations with an inbuilt magnetic field divergence cleaning…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-04-20 Dominik Derigs , Andrew R. Winters , Gregor J. Gassner , Stefanie Walch , Marvin Bohm

A new implementation for the time evolution of the magnetic vector potential is obtained for smoothed particle magnetohydrodynamics by considering the induction equation in integral form. Galilean invariance is achieved through proper gauge…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-28 Terrence S. Tricco , Daniel J. Price

The evolution of a Taylor-Green forced magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) system showing dynamo activity is analyzed via direct numerical simulations. The statistical properties of the velocity and magnetic field in Eulerian coordinates and along…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-17 Holger Homann , Yannick Ponty , Giorgio Krstulovic , Rainer Grauer

We describe a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) constrained energy functional for equilibrium calculations that combines the topological constraints of ideal MHD with elements of Taylor relaxation. Extremizing states allow for partially chaotic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2012-04-03 S. R. Hudson , R. L. Dewar , M. J. Hole , M. McGann

Designing efficient and high-accuracy numerical methods for complex dynamic incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations remains a challenging problem in various analysis and design tasks. This is mainly due to the nonlinear coupling…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-28 Xiaofei Guan , Boya Hu , Shipeng Mao , Xintong Wang , Zihao Yang

Smoothed particle magnetohydrodynamics has reached a level of maturity that enables the study of a wide range of astrophysical problems. In this review, the numerical details of the modern SPMHD method are described. The three fundamental…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-27 Terrence S. Tricco

Variational principles for magnetohydrodynamics were introduced by previous authors both in Lagrangian and Eulerian form. In this paper we introduce simpler Eulerian variational principles from which all the relevant equations of barotropic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-12-06 Asher Yahalom , Donald Lynden-Bell

The formal stability analysis of Eulerian extended magnetohydrodynamics (XMHD) equilibria is considered within the noncanonical Hamiltonian framework by means of the energy-Casimir variational principle and the dynamically accessible…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-01-09 D. A. Kaltsas , G. N. Throumoulopoulos , P. J. Morrison

The fully nonlinear (geometric and material) system of Field Dislocation Mechanics is reviewed to establish an exact analogy with the equations of ideal magnetohydrodynamics (ideal MHD) under suitable physically simplifying circumstances.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-22 Amit Acharya

We generalize a recently introduced formulation of relativistic spinful and vortical fluid to relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). We refer to it as the "Spinful-Vortical MHD" (SVMHD). The aim is to scrutinize the interplay between the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-10-13 M. Kiamari , N. Sadooghi , M. Sedighi Jafari

We demonstrate that, for the case of quasi-equipartition between the velocity and the magnetic field, the Lagrangian-averaged magnetohydrodynamics alpha-model (LAMHD) reproduces well both the large-scale and small-scale properties of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-07-24 Jonathan Pietarila Graham , Pablo D. Mininni , Annick Pouquet