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Equilibrium through self-organization and a stability condition derived from generalized self-organization theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2006

KONDOH YOSHIOMI ,
TAKAHASHI TOSHIKI  and
JAMES W. VAN DAM
KONDOH YOSHIOMI
Affiliation:
Deptartment of Electronic Engineering, Gunma University, Kiryu, Gunma 376-8515, Japan (kondohy@el.gunma-u.ac.jp)
TAKAHASHI TOSHIKI
Affiliation:
Deptartment of Electronic Engineering, Gunma University, Kiryu, Gunma 376-8515, Japan (kondohy@el.gunma-u.ac.jp)
JAMES W. VAN DAM
Affiliation:
Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of TX at Austin, TX 78712, USA
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Abstract

The equilibria and stability of the least-dissipated relaxed state are derived from a generalized theory of self-organization for open or closed general nonlinear and dissipative dynamical systems. An application of the general theory is presented for the two-fluid model of plasmas. The concept of selective decay, together with helicity invariance, is analytically shown to have no connection with relaxed states derived from helicity invariance.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 72 , Issue 6 , December 2006 , pp. 901 - 904
Copyright
2006 Cambridge University Press

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