Flux coordinates, self-consistent equilibria, and variational principle
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- 1 April 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 31 (4) , 890-893
Abstract
The magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations are presented in an invariant form in flux variables and variational principles are formulated for these variables. These equations are then solved in Boozer coordinates in the small curvature expansion.Keywords
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