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In a homentropic flow, the cross-helicity conservation law givesConsequently cross-helicity density is conserved along each trajectory exactly when the right-hand side vanishes. In a steady state, mass conservation gives $\nabla \cdot \mathbf{u}=-\mathbf{u}\cdot \nabla \log \rho$, so the criterion becomesThe absence of an entropy source in a conservation law does not alone make its density an advected scalar: compression and transport along the magnetic field still change that density.

Write $D/Dt={\partial }_t+\mathbf{u}\cdot \nabla$ for the material derivative and $q=\mathbf{u}\cdot \mathbf{B}$ for the cross-helicity density, so $H_c={\int }_{V}qdV$. The ideal magnetohydrodynamic induction equation of ideal magnetohydrodynamics, with $\nabla \cdot \mathbf{B}=0$, givesThe dot product of the Euler momentum equation with the magnetic field has no Lorentz force contribution, because $\mathbf{B}\cdot [(\nabla \times \mathbf{B})\times \mathbf{B}]=0$. Consequently,Here $h=e+p/\rho$ is the specific enthalpy, $T$ the temperature, and $s$ the specific entropy; $e$ is the internal energy per unit mass. The first law of thermodynamics in this convention is $de=Tds-pd(1/\rho )$, so $dh=Tds+dp/\rho$. Substitution, followed by $\nabla \cdot \mathbf{B}=0$, yields the cross-helicity conservation lawThe vector triple product identity $\mathbf{u}\times (\mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{B})=\mathbf{u}q-u^2\mathbf{B}$ puts this in the equivalent form

For the fixed volume, the divergence theorem gives the exact cross-helicity balanceThus cross-helicity is constant when the net source equals the outward flux. Simple sufficient hypotheses are $\mathbf{B}\cdot \nabla s=0$ throughout the volume and $\mathbf{u}\cdot \mathbf{n}=\mathbf{B}\cdot \mathbf{n}=0$ on its boundary. The first condition includes a homentropic flow; the second prevents both relevant boundary fluxes. Periodic boundary conditions, or sufficiently rapid decay at infinity, provide alternatives. These statements concern smooth ideal magnetohydrodynamics: material specific entropy conservation alone, $Ds/Dt=0$, does not eliminate spatial specific entropy gradients along the magnetic field lines.

Let $D/Dt={\partial }_t+\mathbf{u}\cdot \nabla$ be the material derivative, and write $h$ for specific enthalpy. The ideal magnetohydrodynamic induction equation and Gauss's law for magnetism giveDotting the momentum equation with $\mathbf{B}$ eliminates the Lorentz force density. Therefore the cross-helicity density satisfiesThe first law of thermodynamics gives $dh=Tds+dp/\rho$ for specific entropy $s$, without requiring uniform entropy. ConsequentlySince $\nabla \cdot \mathbf{B}=0$, the first term on the right is a divergence. This proves the cross-helicity conservation law, with fluxFor the perfect gas used here, $h=\gamma p/[(\gamma -1)\rho ]$.

The calculation in part (a) leaves the cross-helicity conservation law sourceAt positive temperature, this vanishes exactly when the magnetic field is tangent to constant-specific entropy surfaces: $\mathbf{B}\cdot \nabla s=0$. A homentropic flow is a sufficient special case; uniform entropy throughout space is not necessary. Mere advection of specific entropy, $Ds/Dt=0$, constrains its variation along the velocity rather than along the magnetic field, so it does not by itself eliminate this source. To conserve total cross-helicity in a volume, the net boundary flux must also vanish.

For uniform specific entropy, the material conservation of cross-helicity density criterion isThus the requested condition isIn the steady state, mass conservation gives $\nabla \cdot \mathbf{u}=-\mathbf{u}\cdot \nabla \log \rho$. An equivalent form, expressed entirely in the flow and thermodynamic variables, isIf “isentropic” means only constant specific entropy along individual trajectories, rather than a homentropic flow, the general criterion instead retains $T\mathbf{B}\cdot \nabla s$ on the right-hand side of the material derivative equation. The distinction matters because a source-free cross-helicity conservation law need not make $h_c$ constant along each trajectory.

Use the material forms of the ideal magnetohydrodynamic induction equation and momentum equation:The magnetic force is perpendicular to $\mathbf{B}$. For $h_c=\mathbf{u}\cdot \mathbf{B}$, the two equations therefore giveSince $\nabla \cdot \mathbf{B}=0$, this is the cross-helicity conservation lawwithFor a homentropic flow, $\nabla s=0$, so the source vanishes.