General relativistic magnetofluids
- 1 April 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Vol. 18 (4) , 705-707
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.523330
Abstract
General relativistic hydromagnetic systems are studied in the infinite conductivity limit. It is shown that when the frozen‐in magnetic field lies in surfaces of constant pressure, the fluid acceleration and magnetic field are orthogonal. The theorem is proved that a shear‐free infinite conductivity magnetofluid is irrotational if and only if the Weyl tensor is pure electric type. A restricted steady state is formulated and discussed, and within that state it is shown that an infinite conductivity magnetofluid cannot be electrically neutral.Keywords
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