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On the existence of resistive magnetohydrodynamic equilibria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2007

H. TASSO
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Euratom Association, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany (het@ipp.mpg.de)
G. N. THROUMOULOPOULOS
Affiliation:
University of Ioannina, Association Euratom-Hellenic Republic, Department of Physics, GR 451 10 Ioannina, Greece (gthroum@cc.uoi.gr)

Abstract

A necessary condition for the existence of general dissipative magneto-hydrodynamic equilibria is derived. The derivation comprises Ohm's law and the existence of magnetic surfaces, only in the sense of the Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser (KAM) theorem. All other equations describing the system are only required for evaluating the condition for a specific case.

Type
Letter to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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