Asymmetry of MHD equilibria for generic adapted metrics

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Main Authors: Cardona, Robert, Duignan, Nathan, Perrella, David
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author Cardona, Robert
Duignan, Nathan
Perrella, David
author_facet Cardona, Robert
Duignan, Nathan
Perrella, David
contents Ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equilibria on a Riemannian 3-manifold satisfy the stationary Euler equations for ideal fluids. A stationary solution $X$ admits a large set of ``adapted" metrics in $M$ for which $X$ solves the corresponding MHD equilibrium equations with the same pressure function. We prove different versions of the following statement: an MHD equilibrium with non-constant pressure on a compact three-manifold with or without boundary admits no continuous Killing symmetries for an open and dense set of adapted metrics. This contrasts with the classical conjecture of Grad which loosely states that an MHD equilibrium on a toroidal Euclidean domain in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with pressure function foliating the domain with nested toroidal surfaces must admit Euclidean symmetries.
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spellingShingle Asymmetry of MHD equilibria for generic adapted metrics
Cardona, Robert
Duignan, Nathan
Perrella, David
Differential Geometry
Mathematical Physics
Plasma Physics
35Q31, 76W05 (Primary) 53C20, 53B20, 53C80 (Secondary)
Ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equilibria on a Riemannian 3-manifold satisfy the stationary Euler equations for ideal fluids. A stationary solution $X$ admits a large set of ``adapted" metrics in $M$ for which $X$ solves the corresponding MHD equilibrium equations with the same pressure function. We prove different versions of the following statement: an MHD equilibrium with non-constant pressure on a compact three-manifold with or without boundary admits no continuous Killing symmetries for an open and dense set of adapted metrics. This contrasts with the classical conjecture of Grad which loosely states that an MHD equilibrium on a toroidal Euclidean domain in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with pressure function foliating the domain with nested toroidal surfaces must admit Euclidean symmetries.
title Asymmetry of MHD equilibria for generic adapted metrics
topic Differential Geometry
Mathematical Physics
Plasma Physics
35Q31, 76W05 (Primary) 53C20, 53B20, 53C80 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.14368