Hall magnetohydrodynamics in a relativistically strong mean magnetic field
Abstract
This paper presents a magnetohydrodynamic model that describes the small-amplitude fluctuations with wavelengths comparable to ion inertial length in the presence of a relativistically strong mean magnetic field. The set of derived equations is virtually identical to the non-relativistic Hall reduced magnetohydrodynamics (Schekochihin et al., J. Plasma Phys., vol. 85, 2019, 905850303), differing only by a few constants that take into account the relativistic corrections. This means that all the properties of kinetic Alfvén turbulence and ion cyclotron turbulence inherent in the non-relativistic Hall regime persist unchanged even in a magnetically dominated regime.
- Publication:
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Journal of Plasma Physics
- Pub Date:
- December 2023
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S0022377823001228
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2310.19072
- Bibcode:
- 2023JPlPh..89f1702K
- Keywords:
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- astrophysical plasmas;
- plasma nonlinear phenomena;
- plasma waves;
- Physics - Plasma Physics;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena