Published January 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

On the magnetohydrodynamic load and the magnetohydrodynamic metage

  • 1. S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Saltlake, Kolkata 700098 (India)
  • 2. Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Inselstrasse 22, D-04103 Leipzig (Germany)

Description

In analogy with the load and the metage in hydrodynamics, this paper defines 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. It has been shown herein how these two concepts can be utilized to derive the magnetic analog of the Ertel's theorem and also, how in the presence of nontrivial topology of the magnetic field in the magnetofluid one may associate the linking number of the magnetic field lines with the invariant MHD loads. The paper illustrates that the symmetry translation of the MHD metage in the corresponding label space generates the conservation of cross helicity

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics of Plasmas
Journal Volume
15
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 012112-012112.7
ISSN
1070-664X
CODEN
PHPAEN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39084195
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
FLUIDS; HELICITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; SYMMETRY; TOPOLOGY
Descriptors DEC
FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICS; MECHANICS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES

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