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Current-vortex filaments in magnetized plasmas

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Current-vortex filament solutions to the two-fluid plasma equations that describe drift-Alfven waves are presented. Such filament systems are Hamiltonian. Integrable three and four filament systems are discussed in some detail. A wide variety of orbit topologies exists in the plasma case. Special attention is paid to collapses where all filaments contract to a single point. The differences and extensions with respect to point vortex solutions in two-dimensional (2D) incompressible Euler systems is pointed out.

Year of Publication
1999
Journal
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Volume
41
Number of Pages
A709-A717
Date Published
Mar
ISBN Number
0741-3335
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e0e3df9f9021e6ef0f0f5279437bd29f
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