Published February 1, 1993
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Journal article
Wave-action conservation for pseudo-Hermitian fields
Creators
- 1. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
Description
The linearized Vlasov-Maxwell system and ideal magnetohydrodynamics are examples of systems with a pseudo-Hermitian structure with respect to an indefinite inner product on the space of complex representations of real fields [J. Larsson, Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 1466 (1991)]. This structure leads to variational principles, whose variation with respect to local wave phase yields new wave-action conservation laws, which generalize previous eikonal versions
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 70
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Journal Page Range
- p. 521-524.
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 24039573
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CALCULATION METHODS; CONSERVATION LAWS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; TIME DEPENDENCE; VARIATIONAL METHODS; WAVE PROPAGATION
- Descriptors DEC
- FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MECHANICS