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Title: Gyroscopic analog for magnetohydrodynamics

Conference ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.33649· OSTI ID:5603890

The gross features of plasma equilibrium and dynamics in the ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) model can be understood in terms of a dynamical system which closely resembles the equations for a deformable gyroscope.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
5603890
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-81-3574; CONF-811225-1; ON: DE82006107
Resource Relation:
Conference: Conference on dynamical systems in hydrodynamics, La Jolla, CA, USA, 7 Dec 1981
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English