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View SchemaKineclinic magnetogenesis in relativistic collisionless plasmas
| Authors | Modhuchandra Laishram, Suresh Basnet, Young Dae Yoon |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | 2601.05718vv1 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.05718 |
| License | http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/ |
Abstract
The relativistic momentum equation of a collisionless plasma is reformulated to describe the time evolution of canonical vorticity. Compared to the non-relativistic counterpart, an additional source term for canonical vorticity is identified, which embodies the misalignment between the fluid momentum and fluid velocity gradients. This kineclinic term breaks the frozen-in condition of canonical vorticity, thereby enabling generation or dissipation of magnetic fields and vorticity. We verify the role of this effect through particle-in-cell simulations of a modified Beltrami flow. Kineclinicity should be finite for all relativistic plasma systems due to the general lack of a functional relationship between fluid momentum and fluid velocity.
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