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Using relativistic, steady, axisymmetric, ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) we analyze the super-Alfvenic regime of a pulsar wind by means of solving the momentum equation along the flow as well as in the transfield direction. Employing a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Nektarios Vlahakis

We revisit the analogy between a minimally coupled scalar field in general relativity and a perfect fluid, correcting previous identifications of effective temperature and chemical potential. This provides a useful complementary picture for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-02-01 Valerio Faraoni , Serena Giardino , Andrea Giusti , Robert Vanderwee

We propose two sets of initial conditions for magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in which both the velocity and the magnetic fields have spatial symmetries that are preserved by the dynamical equations as the system evolves. When implemented…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-13 E. Lee , M. E. Brachet , A. Pouquet , P. D. Mininni , D. Rosenberg

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

We investigate numerically the dynamics of two-dimensional Euler and ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) flows in systems with a finite number of modes, up to $4096^2$, for which several quadratic invariants are preserved by the truncation and…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-05-20 Giorgio Krstulovic , Marc-Etienne Brachet , Annick Pouquet

The ideal magnetohydrodynamic equations are, roughly speaking, a quasi-linear symmetric hyperbolic system of PDEs, but not all the unknowns play the same role in this system. Indeed, in the regime of small magnetic fields, the equations are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-01 Dimitri Cobb , Francesco Fanelli

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 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

The evolution of electromagnetic and thermodynamic fields in a non-ideal fluid are studied in the framework of ultrarelativistic transverse magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), which is essentially characterized by electric and magnetic fields being…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-12-20 M. Shokri , N. Sadooghi

A version of Noether's second theorem using Lagrange multipliers is used to investigate fluid relabelling symmetries conservation laws in magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). We obtain a new generalized potential vorticity type conservation equation…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-02-20 G. M. Webb , R. L. Mace

We briefly review the recent developments in magnetohydrodynamics, which in particular deal with the evolution of magnetic fields in turbulent plasmas. We especially emphasize (i) the necessity of renormalizing equations of motion in…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-05-01 Amir Jafari

In this tutorial, a derivation of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) valid beyond the usual ideal gas approximation is presented. Non-equilibrium thermodynamics is used to obtain conservation equations and linear constitutive relations. When…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-04-21 Jarett LeVan , Scott Baalrud

The low-energy dynamics of relativistic continuous media is given by a shift-symmetric effective theory of four scalar fields. These scalars describe the embedding in spacetime of the medium and play the role of St\"uckelberg fields for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-03 Guillermo Ballesteros , Denis Comelli , Luigi Pilo

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

In analogy with the load and the metage in hydrodynamics, we define magnetohydrodynamic load and magnetohydrodynamic metage in the case of magnetofluids. They can be used to write the magnetic field in MHD in Clebsch's form. We show how…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Sagar Chakraborty , Partha Guha

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

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

Numerical evidence for a finite-time singularity in ideal 3D magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) is presented. The simulations start from two interlocking magnetic flux rings with no initial velocity. The magnetic curvature force causes the flux…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Robert M. Kerr , Axel Brandenburg

The resistive magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations as usually defined in the quasineutral approximation refer to a system of 14 scalar equations in 14 scalar variables, hence are determined to be complete and soluble. These equations are a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2008-12-12 Robert W. Johnson

This paper deals with the derivation and analysis of the the Hall Magneto-Hydrodynamic equations. We first provide a derivation of this system from a two-fluids Euler-Maxwell system for electrons and ions, through a set of scaling limits.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-04-08 Marion Arichetogaray , Pierre Degond , Amic Frouvelle , Jian-Guo Liu