A variational approach to resistive relativistic plasmas

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AA6B37zbMATH Open1367.83007arXiv1610.00445OpenAlexW2528584181WikidataQ60713081 ScholiaQ60713081MaRDI QIDQ5283535FDOQ5283535

Authors: G. L. Comer, I. Hawke, N. Andersson 

Publication date: 24 July 2017

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We develop an action principle to construct the field equations for a multi-fluid system containing charge-neutral fluids, plasmas, and dissipation (via resistive interactions), by combining the standard, Maxwell action and minimal coupling of the electromagnetic field with a recently developed action for relativistic dissipative fluids. We use a pull-back formalism from spacetime to abstract matter spaces to build unconstrained variations for both the charge-neutral fluids and currents making up the plasmas. Using basic linear algebra techniques, we show that a general "relabeling" invariance exists for the abstract matter spaces. With the field equations in place, a phenomenological model for the resistivity is developed, using as constraints charge conservation and the Second Law of Thermodynamics. A minimal model for a system of electrons, protons, and heat is developed using the Onsager procedure for incorporating dissipation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.00445

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zbMATH Keywords

electromagnetismvariational principlesdissipationrelativistic fluidsSecond Law of ThermodynamicsOnsager procedure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Einstein-Maxwell equations (83C22) Quantum hydrodynamics and relativistic hydrodynamics (76Y05)

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