Electromagnetic matching for an alpha-Omega interface
ID: electromagnetic-matching-for-an-alpha-omega-interface
For a planar interface, equal permeability and no singular sheet current make all magnetic components continuous. A nonzero horizontal Fourier wavenumber then gives the first three conditions in the title. Continuity of the tangential electric field supplies the last: continuous mean velocity cancels its advective contribution, and the retained alpha mean-field electromotive force is along the toroidal direction, so the other tangential electric component is . The given alpha-Omega equations retain only toroidal-to-poloidal alpha generation; adding a full isotropic alpha contribution would alter both the bulk equation and the matching problem.
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