Journal of Plasma Physics

Table of Contents - 1979 - Volume 21, Issue 02  

Research Article

Most probable states in magnetohydrodynamics

David Montgomerya1 p1, Leaf Turnera2 and George Vahalaa3

a1 Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742

a2 Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, University of California, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545

a3 Department of Physics, College of William and Mary Williamsburg, Virginia 23185

Abstract

We discuss the possible magnetohydrodynamic configurations that can be realized as ‘most probable’ states compatible with the existence of certain constraints. These constraints can be either experimentally imposed constraints such as constant total electric current or magnetic flux, or constants of the motion, or both.

(Received April 07 1978)

Correspondence:

p1 College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185.