On Woltjer’s variational principle for force-free fields

DOI10.1063/1.529321zbMath0850.76853OpenAlexW2032677804MaRDI QIDQ3981687

Peter Laurence, Marco Avellaneda

Publication date: 26 June 1992

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.529321

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05)

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