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Material conservation of cross-helicity density

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Fluid mechanics Astrophysical fluid dynamics Magnetohydrodynamics Ideal magnetohydrodynamics Cross-helicity Cross-helicity conservation law
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In a homentropic flow, the cross-helicity conservation law gives
DtDhc​​=B⋅∇(2u2​−h−Φ)−hc​∇⋅u.
(1)
Consequently cross-helicity density is conserved along each trajectory exactly when the right-hand side vanishes. In a steady state, mass conservation gives ∇⋅u=−u⋅∇logρ, so the criterion becomes
B⋅∇(h+Φ−2u2​)=(u⋅B)u⋅∇logρ.
(2)
The 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.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2019 / iii / Paper 314 / 1 / c / Solution

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