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The coupled equations that describe the effect of large-scale magnetic and velocity fields on forced high-diffusivity magnetohydrodynamic flows are investigated through an extension of mean field electrodynamics. Our results generalise…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 A. Courvoisier , D. W. Hughes , M. R. E. Proctor

We introduce the concept of intermittency dimension for the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) to quantify the intermittency effect. With dependence on the intermittency dimension, we derive phenomenological laws for intermittent MHD turbulence…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-12-22 Mimi Dai

We study and develop constraint preserving boundary conditions for the Newtonian magnetohydrodynamic equations and analyze the behavior of the numerical solution upon considering different possible options.

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Mariana Cecere , Luis Lehner , Oscar Reula

Gyrokinetic field theory is addressed in the context of a general Hamiltonian. The background magnetic geometry is static and axisymmetric, and all dependence of the Lagrangian upon dynamical variables is in the Hamiltonian or in free field…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Bruce Scott , Juri Smirnov

Magnetic helicity is a conserved quantity of ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) that is related to the topology of the magnetic field, and is widely studied in both laboratory and astrophysical plasmas. When the magnetic field has a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-07-28 David MacTaggart , Alberto Valli

We consider the ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) of a shallow fluid layer on a rapidly rotating planet or star. The presence of a background toroidal magnetic field is assumed, and the "shallow water" beta-plane approximation is used. We…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Alexander M. Balk

Due to the singular nonlinear Hall term, the non-resistive electron magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) is not known to be locally well-posed in general. In this paper we consider the $2\frac12$D electron MHD with either horizontal or vertical…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-25 Mimi Dai , Hassan Babaei

There is no standard numerical implementation of the Hall effect, which is one of the non-ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) effects. Numerical instability arises when a simple implementation is used, in which the Hall electric field is added…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-03-20 Kazunari Iwasaki , Kengo Tomida

In hydrodynamic turbulence, the kinetic energy injected at large scales cascades to the inertial range, leading to a constant kinetic energy flux. In contrast, in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, a fraction of kinetic energy is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-05-20 Mahendra K. Verma , Shadab Alam , Soumyadeep Chatterjee

In this paper, we propose a conservative nonconforming virtual element method for the full stationary incompressible magnetohydrodynamics model. We leverage the virtual element satisfactory divergence-free property to ensure mass…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-10-25 Xiaojing Dong , Yunqing Huang , Tianwen Wang

Binary systems of compact objects with electromagnetic field are modeled by helically symmetric Einstein-Maxwell spacetimes with charged and magnetized perfect fluids. Previously derived thermodynamic laws for helically-symmetric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-12-23 Koji Uryu , Eric Gourgoulhon , Charalampos Markakis

Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence affects both terrestrial and astrophysical plasmas. The properties of magnetized turbulence must be better understood to more accurately characterize these systems. This work presents ideal MHD simulations of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-04-28 Forrest W. Glines , Philipp Grete , Brian W. O'Shea

In this study, we find the points of transition between elliptic and hyperbolic regimes for the axisymmetric extended magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equilibrium equations. The ellipticity condition is expressed via a single inequality but is…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-02-12 D. A. Kaltsas , G. N. Throumoulopoulos , P. J. Morrison

The gap between a recently developed dynamical version of relaxed magnetohydrodynamics (RxMHD) and ideal MHD (IMHD) is bridged by approximating the zero-resistivity "Ideal" Ohm's Law (IOL) constraint using an augmented Lagrangian method…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-02-23 R. L. Dewar , Z. S. Qu

We present a new computational method for smoothly matching general relativistic ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) to its force-free limit. The method is based on a flux-conservative formalism for MHD and its force-free limit, and a vector…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Vasileios Paschalidis , Stuart L. Shapiro

A new class of materials is developed that is a liquid with both high conductivity and magnetic susceptibility for magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) applications. We develop a general method for making such suspensions and demonstrate that various…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-08-30 Florian Carle , Kunlun Bai , Joshua Casara , Kyle Vanderlick , Eric Brown

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

The force-free limit of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) is often a reasonable approximation to model black hole and neutron star magnetospheres. We describe a general relativistic force-free (GRFFE) formulation that allows general relativistic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Jonathan C. McKinney

Two non-local asymptotic invariants of magnetic fields for the ideal magnetohydrodynamics are introduced. The velocity of variation of the invariants for a non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics with a small magnetic dissipation is estimated. By…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-10-06 Petr M. Akhmet'ev

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence is a cross-field process relevant to many systems. A prerequisite for understanding these systems is to constrain the role of MHD turbulence, and in particular the energy exchange between kinetic and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-04-10 R. Skalidis , K. Tassis , V. Pavlidou