Duality invariant magnetohydrodynamics and dyons

Mar, 1996
11 pages
Published in:
  • EPL 35 (1996) 277
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Report number:
  • QMW-PH-96-02

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Abstract:
The theory of magnetohydrodynamics is extended to the cases of a plasma of separate magnetic and electric charges, as well as to a plasma of dyons respectively. In both these cases the system possesses electric-magnetic duality symmetry. In the former case we find that because of the existence of two independent generalized Ohm's law equations, the limit of infinite electric and magnetic conductivity results in the vanishing of both electric and magnetic fields, as well as the corresponding currents. In the dyonic case, we find that the resulting duality-invariant system of equations are equivalent to those of ordinary MHD, after suitable field redefinitions.
  • plasma
  • charge: magnetic
  • charge: electric
  • hydrodynamics
  • field equations: dyon
  • duality
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