Exponential mixing for the fractional magneto-hydrodynamic equations with degenerate stochastic forcing (Q2658642)

The dynamics of the velocity and the magnetic field in electrically conducting fluids and basic physics conservation laws can be described by the Magneto-Hydrodynamic (MHD) equations. The authors establish the existence, uniqueness and exponential attraction properties of an invariant measure for the fractional MHD equations with degenerate stochastic forcing on two-dimensional torus, acting only in the magnetic equation. Boundary value conditions are assumed to be periodic. The main result states that under additional hypothesis, the associated Markov semigroup corresponding to MHD equation possesses a unique, exponentially mixing invariant measure. Furthermore, a law of large numbers together with a central limit theorem is established under the current circumstances. The main technical and principal contribution of the manuscript is the following: a special pattern of Lie bracket computations suitable for the fractional MHD equation is successfully devised, and thus a novel Hörmander condition is proposed. As the tools, spectral properties of Malliavin matrices are established and a gradient estimate of the Markov semigroup is provided.