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Variational formulation for weakly nonlinear perturbations of ideal magnetohydrodynamics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2011

M. HIROTA
M. HIROTA*
Affiliation:
Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka, Ibaraki, 311-0193, Japan (hirota.makoto@jaea.go.jp)
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Abstract

A new equation of motion that governs weakly nonlinear phenomena in ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHDs) is derived as a natural extension of the well-known linearized equation of motion for the displacement field. This derivation is made possible by expanding the MHD Lagrangian explicitly up to third order with respect to the displacement of plasma, which necessitates an efficient use of the Lie series expansion. The resultant equation of motion (i.e. the Euler–Lagrange equation) includes a new quadratic force term which is responsible for various mode–mode coupling due to the MHD nonlinearity. The third-order potential energy serves to quantify the coupling coefficient among resonant three modes and its cubic symmetry proves the Manley–Rowe relations. In contrast to earlier works, the coupling coefficient is expressed only by the displacement vector field, which is already familiar in the linear MHD theory, and both the fixed and free boundary cases are treated systematically.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 77 , Issue 5 , October 2011 , pp. 589 - 615
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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