MHD Equilibrium Equation in Symmetric Systems
Plasma Physics
2011-03-28 v1
Abstract
In MHD symmetric systems the equilibrium physical quantities are dependent on two variables only. In this cases it is possible to find a magnetic surface function that has the same symmetry. Under the assumption that the metric determinant is also independent of a third, ignorable coordinate, a general MHD equilibrium equation in curvilinear coordinates is deduced. This equation is specially useful when non-orthogonal generalized coordinates are used.
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@article{arxiv.1103.5063,
title = {MHD Equilibrium Equation in Symmetric Systems},
author = {Mutsuko Y. Kucinski and Iberê L. Caldas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.5063},
year = {2011}
}
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5 pages, 1 figure