Relabeling symmetries in hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics
Lagrangian symmetries and concomitant generalized Bianchi identities associated with the relabeling of fluid elements are found for hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). In hydrodynamics relabeling results in Ertel`s theorem of conservation of potential vorticity, while in MHD it yields the conservation of cross helicity. The symmetries of the reduction from Lagrangian (material) to Eulerian variables are used to construct the Casimir invariants of the Hamiltonian formalism.
- Research Organization:
- Texas Univ., Austin, TX (United States). Inst. for Fusion Studies
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG03-96ER54346
- OSTI ID:
- 226406
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER/54346--728; IFSR--728; ON: DE96009760
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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