A fourth-order topological invariant of magnetic or vortex lines

DOI10.1016/0393-0440(94)00008-RzbMath0836.57005OpenAlexW2013706801MaRDI QIDQ1345099

Alexander Ruzmaikin, Peter M. Akhmetiev

Publication date: 26 February 1995

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0393-0440(94)00008-r

zbMATH Keywords

Seifert surfaceslinked flux tubesself- linking numbertopological invariant for non-dissipative magnetic configurations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25)

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