Stability of the 3D incompressible MHD equations with horizontal dissipation in periodic domain

Abstract

The stability problem on the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations with partial or no dissipation is not well-understood. This paper focuses on the 3D incompressible MHD equations with mixed partial dissipation and magnetic diffusion. Our main result assesses the stability of perturbations near the steady solution given by a background magnetic field in periodic domain. The new stability result presented here is among few stability conclusions currently available for ideal or partially dissipated MHD equations.

Keywords

• mhd equations
• hydrostatic equilibrium
• partial dissipation
• stability