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A variational principle in relativistic magnetofluid dynamics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 March 2009
Abstract
The definition of the generalized antipotential four-vector makes it possible to give a relativistically covariant variational formulation in the dynamics of ideal charged fluids. A special relativistically covariant form of Maxwell's equation is given. The antipotential four-vector does not explicitly appear in the Lagrangian density. The derivation of the equation of motion of a single charged particle is given, to illustrate the theory.
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