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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

In this chapter, we aim at presenting the basic techniques necessary to go beyond the widely accepted paradigm of second-order numerics. We specifically focus on finite-volume schemes for hyperbolic conservation laws occuring in fluid…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-29 Jean-Mathieu Teissier , Wolf-Christian Müller

In this paper we discuss conservation laws in ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and gas dynamics associated with advected invariants. The invariants in some cases, can be related to fluid relabelling symmetries associated with the Lagrangian…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-03-05 Gary M. Webb , Brahmananda Dasgupta , James F McKenzie , Qiang Hu , Gary P. Zank

There are several plasma models intermediate in complexity between ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and two-fluid theory, with Hall and Extended MHD being two important examples. In this paper we investigate several aspects of these…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-06-07 E. C. D'Avignon , P. J. Morrison , M. Lingam

It is well known that the three-dimensional ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations possess three magnetic invariants: (M) magnetic helicity, (C) cross helicity, and (P) the mean-square magnetic potential, in addition to the fundamental…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-11-20 Naoki Sato , Ken Abe , Michio Yamada

Relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (RMHD) provides an extremely useful description of the low-energy long-wavelength phenomena in a variety of physical systems from quark-gluon plasma in heavy-ion collisions to matters in supernovas, compact…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-20 Koichi Hattori , Masaru Hongo , Xu-Guang Huang

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

The magnetic flux freezing theorem or Alfv\'en's theorem, is a basic principle of ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), a commonly used approximation to describe the aspects of astrophysical and laboratory plasmas. The theorem states that the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Eric G. Blackman

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

We show that relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) can be recast as a novel theory of superfluidity. This new theory formulates MHD just in terms of conservation equations, including dissipative effects, by introducing appropriate…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-04-17 Jay Armas , Akash Jain

We consider the ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) subjected to a strong magnetic field along $x_1$ direction in three-dimensional thin domains $\Omega_\delta=\mathbb{R}^2\times(-\delta,\delta)$ with slip boundary conditions. It is well-known…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-04-02 Li Xu

We present a formalism for importing techniques from dynamical systems theory in the study of three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equilibria. By treating toroidal angle as time, we reformulate the equilibrium equations as…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-10-26 J. W. Burby , M. H. Updike

Magneto-hydrodynamics is one of the foremost models in plasma physics with applications in inertial confinement fusion, astrophysics and elsewhere. Advanced numerical methods are needed to get an insight into the complex physical phenomena.…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-03-29 Jan Nikl , Milan Kuchařík , Stefan Weber

We prove the local well-posedness of the 3D free-boundary incompressible ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations with surface tension, which describe the motion of a perfect conducting fluid in an electromagnetic field. We adapt the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-12-13 Xumin Gu , Chenyun Luo , Junyan Zhang

Many astrophysical processes involving magnetic fields and quasi-stationary processes are well described when assuming the fluid as a perfect conductor. For these systems, the ideal-magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) description captures the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-09 Carlos Palenzuela , Luis Lehner , Oscar Reula , Luciano Rezzolla

We review the conservation laws of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in an expanding homogeneous and isotropic Universe that can be applied to the study of early Universe physics during the epoch of radiation domination. The conservation laws for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-19 Alberto Roper Pol , Antonino Salvino Midiri

Two types of Eulerian action principles for relativistic extended magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) are formulated. With the first, the action is extremized under the constraints of density, entropy, and Lagrangian label conservation, which leads…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-02-08 Yohei Kawazura , George Miloshevich , Philip J. Morrison

We propose the generally covariant action for the theory of a self-coupled complex scalar field and electromagnetism which by virtue of constraints is equivalent, in the regime of long wavelengths, to perfect magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Jacob D. Bekenstein , Gerold Betschart

Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) is a subject concerned with the dynamics of electrically conducting fluids (plasma) and can be applied in electric power generation. As a unique technology for producing direct-current electricity without moving…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-12-15 Osama A. Marzouk

Recently, we developed a pair of meshless finite-volume Lagrangian methods for hydrodynamics: the 'meshless finite mass' (MFM) and 'meshless finite volume' (MFV) methods. These capture advantages of both smoothed-particle hydrodynamics…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-15 Philip F. Hopkins , Matthias J. Raives