Hamiltonian magnetohydrodynamics: symmetric formulation, Casimir invariants, and equilibrium variational principles

DOI10.1063/1.4714761arXiv1202.0468MaRDI QIDQ6230697FDOQ6230697

Authors: T. Andreussi, P. J. Morrison, F. Pegoraro 

Publication date: 2 February 2012

Abstract: The noncanonical Hamiltonian formulation of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) is used to construct variational principles for symmetric equilibrium configurations of magnetized plasma including flow. In particular, helical symmetry is considered and results on axial and translational symmetries are retrieved as special cases of the helical configurations. The symmetry condition, which allows the description in terms of a magnetic flux function, is exploited to deduce a symmetric form of the noncanonical Poisson bracket of MHD. Casimir invariants are then obtained directly from the Poisson bracket. Equilibria are obtained from an energy-Casimir principle and reduced forms of this variational principle are obtained by the elimination of algebraic constraints.

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