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Based on the exact dipolar solution of the pulsar equation the self-consistent two-fluid model of the pulsar magnetosphere is developed. We concentrate on the low-mass limit of the model, taking into account the radiation damping. As a…

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In this study, we develop a simplified magnetofluid model in the framework of GRMHD. We consider an ideal, adiabatic fluid composed of two components, ions and electrons, having a constant ratio between their temperatures. The flows are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-01-26 Yehui Hou , Zhenyu Zhang , Minyong Guo , Bin Chen

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 study the global existence of classical solutions for two-dimensional incompressible MHD system with only magnetic diffusion. By using the time-weighted lower-order energy and uniformly bounded higher-order energy estimates, we prove the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-27 Yuanyuan Qiao

In certain astrophysical systems the commonly employed ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) approximation breaks down. Here, we introduce novel explicit and implicit numerical schemes of ohmic resistivity terms in the moving-mesh code AREPO. We…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-09 Federico Marinacci , Mark Vogelsberger , Rahul Kannan , Philip Mocz , Rüdiger Pakmor , Volker Springel

Equations describing plasma equilibria are derived from the total energy of the system. The MHD equilibrium is shown to hold even for systems where the magnetic field may locally vanish. Through conservation of helicity, confinement is…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-06-20 John Hedditch

Non-uniformity plays an important role for MHD waves. For a uniform plasma of infinite extent the MHD waves can be subdivided in two classes with distinct properties. The first class contains the Alfv\'en waves. The Alfv\'en waves are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-19 Marcel Goossens , Iñigo Arregui , Roberto Soler , Jaume Terradas , Tom Van Doorsselaere

Plasma flow and acceleration in the converging-diverging magnetic field configuration, such as magnetic nozzle in electric propulsion and open magnetic mirrors for fusion applications are considered. This work analyses plasma acceleration…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-06-25 A. I. Smolyakov , A. Sabo , S. I. Krasheninnikov , P. N. Yushmanov

In this study, we investigate the impact of the magnetic field on the evolution of the transverse flow of QGP matter in the magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) framework. We assume that the magnetic field is perpendicular to the reaction plane and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-12-03 M. Haddadi Moghaddam , B. Azadegan , A. F. Kord , W. M. Alberico

This article serves as a summary outlining the mathematical entropy analysis of the ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations. We select the ideal MHD equations as they are particularly useful for mathematically modeling a wide variety of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-08-14 Dominik Derigs , Gregor J. Gassner , Stefanie Walch , Andrew R. Winters

In the presence of a strong uniform magnetic field, we study the influence of space noncommutativity on the electromagnetic waves propagating through a quasi-static homogeneous plasma. In this treatment, we have adopted a physical model…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Bourouaine , A. Benslama

In broad astrophysical contexts of large-scale gravitational collapses and outflows and as a basis for various further astrophysical applications, we formulate and investigate a theoretical problem of self-similar MHD for a non-rotating…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 Wei-Gang Wang , Yu-Qing Lou

It is often asserted or implicitly assumed, without justification, that the results of two-dimensional investigations of plasma turbulence are applicable to the three-dimensional plasma environments of interest. A projection method is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-20 Gregory G. Howes

In this text, the filtering unitary group method developed, among others, by S. Schochet is adapted to prove the existence and well-posedness of modulation equations describing the incompressible limit of the Euler-Maxwell Two-Fluid (EMTF)…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-24 Nicolas Besse , Christophe Cheverry

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

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves are ubiquitous in the solar atmosphere. Alfven waves and magneto-sonic waves are particular classes of MHD waves. These wave modes are clearly different and have pure properties in uniform plasmas of infinite…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 M. Goossens , J. Andries , R. Soler , T. Van Doorsselaere , I. Arregui , J. Terradas

We study the linear stability of a planar interface separating two fluids in relative motion, focusing on the symmetric configuration where the two fluids have the same properties (density, temperature, magnetic field strength, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-07 Anthony Chow , Michael E. Rowan , Lorenzo Sironi , Jordy Davelaar , Gianluigi Bodo , Ramesh Narayan

We develop a general theory of buoyancy instabilities in the electron-ion plasma with the electron heat flux based not upon MHD equations, but using a multicomponent plasma approach in which the momentum equation is solved for each species.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Anatoly K. Nekrasov , Mohsen Shadmehri

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

In this paper we consider the problem of a steady MHD flow of a non-Newtonian power-law and electrically conducting fluid in presence of an applied magnetic field. The boundary layer equations are solved in similarity form via the Lyapunov…

Classical Physics · Physics 2008-07-06 Zakia Hammouch