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Title: Viscosity and Vorticity in Reduced Magneto-Hydrodynamics

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1240946· OSTI ID:1240946
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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Magneto-hydrodynamics (MHD) critically relies on viscous forces in order for an accurate determination of the electric eld. For each charged particle species, the Braginskii viscous tensor for a magnetized plasma has the decomposition into matrices with special symmetries.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344
OSTI ID:
1240946
Report Number(s):
LLNL-TR-676235
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English