Knotted solutions, from electromagnetism to fluid dynamics

Daniel W.F. Alves, Carlos Hoyos, Horatiu Nastase, Jacob Sonnenschein

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Abstract

Knotted solutions to electromagnetism and fluid dynamics are investigated, based on relations we find between the two subjects. We can write fluid dynamics in electromagnetism language, but only on an initial surface, or for linear perturbations, and we use this map to find knotted fluid solutions, as well as new electromagnetic solutions. We find that knotted solutions of Maxwell electromagnetism are also solutions of more general nonlinear theories, like Born-Infeld, and including ones which contain quantum corrections from couplings with other modes, like Euler-Heisenberg and string theory DBI. Null configurations in electromagnetism can be described as a null pressureless fluid, and from this map we can find null fluid knotted solutions. A type of nonrelativistic reduction of the relativistic fluid equations is described, which allows us to find also solutions of the (nonrelativistic) Euler's equations.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1750200
JournalInternational Journal of Modern Physics A
Volume32
Issue number33
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Nov 2017

Funding

FundersFunder number
Germany Israel bi-national fund GIFI-244-303.7-2013
US-Israel Bi-National Fund
British Skin Foundation2012383
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo2014/18634-9
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico304006/2016-5, 146086/2015-5
Israel Science Foundation1989/14
ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental ResearchFC-15-GRUPIN14-108, 2016/01343-7, RYC-2012-10370, MINECO-16-FPA2015-63667-P

    Keywords

    • Classical field theory solutions
    • electromagnetism
    • fluid dynamics
    • knotted solutions

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