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We derived one-fluid equations based on a relativistic two-fluid approximation of e$^\pm$ pair plasma and electron-ion plasma to reveal the specific relativistic nature of their behavior. Assuming simple condition on the relativistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-08-11 Shinji Koide

We develop an approach of Grad-Shafranov (GS) reconstruction for toroidal structures in space plasmas, based on in-situ spacecraft measurements. The underlying theory is the GS equation that describes two-dimensional magnetohydrostatic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-30 Qiang Hu

The existence of global-in-time classical solutions to the Cauchy problem of incompressible Magnetohydrodynamic flows with zero magnetic diffusivity is considered in two dimensions. The linearization of equations is a degenerated…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-05-02 Xianpeng Hu , Fanghua Lin

The generalized general-relativisticmagnetohydrodynamic (generalized GRMHD) equations have been used to study specific relativistic-plasmas phenomena, such as relativistic magnetic reconnection or wave propagation modified by non-ideal MHD…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-19 Shinji Koide

This article proposes a review of the analysis of the system of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). First, we give an account of the modelling asumptions. Then, the results of existence of weak solutions, using the notion of renormalized solutions.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-09-21 Xavier Blanc , Bernard Ducomet

We present a new fast solver to calculate fixed-boundary plasma equilibria in toroidally axisymmetric geometries. By combining conformal mapping with Fourier and integral equation methods on the unit disk, we show that high-order accuracy…

We study a complex Ginzburg-Landau (GL) type model related to fluid instabilities in the boundary of magnetized toroidal plasmas (called edge-localized modes) with a prescribed shear flow on the Neumann boundary condition. We obtain the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-06-27 Youngmin Oh , Gunsu S. Yun , Hyung Ju Hwang

The Grad-Shafranov (GS) equation is a nonlinear elliptic partial differential equation that governs the ideal magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium of a tokamak plasma. Previous studies have demonstrated the existence of multiple solutions to the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-07-29 K. Pentland , N. C. Amorisco , P. E. Farrell , C. J. Ham

We present two generalized hybrid kinetic-Hall magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) models describing the interaction of a two-fluid bulk plasma, which consists of thermal ions and electrons, with energetic, suprathermal ion populations described by…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-11-11 D. A. Kaltsas , G. N. Throumoulopoulos , P. J. Morrison

The study of the basic model for incompressible two-phase flows with phase transitions in the case of equal densities, initiated in the paper Pr\"uss, Shibata, Shimizu, and Simonett [16], is continued here with a stability analysis of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-12-20 Jan Pruess , Gieri Simonett , Rico Zacher

We present strategies based upon extremization principles, in the case of the axisymmetric equations of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). We study the equilibrium shape by using a minimum energy principle under the constraints of the MHD…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Nicolas Leprovost , Pierre-Henri Chavanis , Berengere Dubrulle

The three-dimensional compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) isentropic flow with zero magnetic diffusivity is studied. The vanishing magnetic diffusivity causes significant difficulties due to the loss of dissipation of the magnetic field.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-08-30 Xiaoli Li , Ning Su , Dehua Wang

In this paper, we are concerned with the initial boundary values problem associated to the compressible viscous non-resistive and heat-conducting magnetohydrodynamic flow, where the magnetic field is vertical. More precisely, by exploiting…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-08-15 Xiaoping Zhai , Yongsheng Li , Yajuan Zhao

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) solvers used to study dynamic plasmas for magnetic confinement fusion typically rely on initial conditions that describe force balance, which are provided by an equilibrium solver based on the Grad-Shafranov (GS)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-12 Rushan Zhang , Golo Wimmer , Qi Tang

In this paper, Beltrami vector fields in several orthogonal coordinate systems are obtained analytically and numerically. Specifically, axisymmetric incompressible inviscid steady state Beltrami (Trkalian) fluid flows are obtained with the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-01-01 Pavel Bělík , Xueqing Su , Douglas P. Dokken , Kurt Scholz , Mikhail M. Shvartsman

A fully geometrical treatment of general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (GRMHD) is developed under the hypotheses of perfect conductivity, stationarity and axisymmetry. The spacetime is not assumed to be circular, which allows for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-05-12 Eric Gourgoulhon , Charalampos Markakis , Koji Uryu , Yoshiharu Eriguchi

We present an extension of the multi-region relaxed magnetohydrodynamics (MRxMHD) equilibrium model that includes plasma flow. This new model is a generalization of Woltjer's model of relaxed magnetohydrodynamics equilibria with flow. We…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-04-04 G. R. Dennis , S. R. Hudson , R. L. Dewar , M. J. Hole

A formulation is developed for general relativistic ideal magnetohydrodynamics in stationary axisymmetric spacetimes. We reduce basic equations to a single second-order partial differential equation, the so-called Grad-Shafranov (GS)…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-09 Kunihito Ioka , Misao Sasaki

In this article we derive Fokker - Planck equation for incompressible fluid and investigate its properties. In version 2 symmetries of linearized equations and some examples of invariant solutions are added.

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-02-03 Igor A. Tanski

Full self-consistent stationary Vlasov-Maxwell solutions of magnetically confined plasmas are built for systems with cylindrical symmetries. The stationary solutions are thermodynamic equilibrium solutions. These are obtained by computing…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-01-04 Aurélien Cordonnier , Xavier Leoncini , Guilhem Dif-Pradalier , Xavier Garbet