Two non-local asymptotic invariants of magnetic fields for the ideal magnetohydrodynamics are introduced. The velocity of variation of the invariants for a non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics with a small magnetic dissipation is estimated. By means the invariants spectra of electromagnetic fields are investigated. A possible role of higher magnetic helicities during a relaxation of magnetic fields is discussed.
The evolution of the speed of wavefronts for reaction-diffusion equations with time-varying parameters is analysed. We make use of singular perturbative analysis to study the temporal evolution of the speed for pushed fronts. The analogy with Hamilton-Jacobi dynamics allows us to consider the problem for pulled fronts, which is described by Kolmogorov-Petrovskii-Piskunov (KPP) reaction kinetics. Both analytical studies are in good agreement with the results of numerical solutions.
For the quadratic helicity χ (2) we present a generalization of the Arnol'd inequality which relates the magnetic energy to the quadratic helicity, which poses a lower bound. We then introduce the quadratic helicity density using the classical magnetic helicity density and its derivatives along magnetic field lines. For practical purposes we also compute the flow of the quadratic helicity and show that for an α 2 -dynamo setting it coincides with the flow of the square of the classical helicity. We then show how the quadratic helicity can be extended to obtain an invariant even under compressible deformations. Finally, we conclude with the numerical computation of χ (2) which show cases the practical usage of this higher order topological invariant.
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