Lagrangian analysis of alignment dynamics for isentropic compressible magnetohydrodynamics
arXiv:nlin/0608009 · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/9/8/292
Abstract
After a review of the isentropic compressible magnetohydrodynamics (ICMHD) equations, a quaternionic framework for studying the alignment dynamics of a general fluid flow is explained and applied to the ICMHD equations.
12 pages, 2 figures, submitted to a Focus Issue of New Journal of Physics on "Magnetohydrodynamics and the Dynamo Problem" J-F Pinton, A Pouquet, E Dormy and S Cowley, editors
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