Reduced electron magnetohydrodynamics

ID: reduced-electron-magnetohydrodynamics

With , define and to leading order. Let , where . The leading Electron velocities are and . Substitution into frozen-in induction yields
Linearization gives , agreeing with the full EMHD relation to leading anisotropic order. If varies along the guide field, an order-smaller perpendicular gradient correction restores exact solenoidality; the two-field representation is not an exact decomposition at arbitrary anisotropy.

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