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Continuum mechanics is that branch of physics that treats the motions of infinitely deformable matter. It embraces hydrodynamics, aerodynamics, magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), and magnetogasdynamics. The first two differ in that the former is incompressible and the latter compressible fluid dynamics. The prefix, magneto, signifies the addition of the ponderemotive force (colloquially called the J-cross-B force) to the usual pressure gradient, gravitational and viscous forces of fluid dynamics. Magnetofluid mechanics applies to fluids that can carry electrical currents, such as liquid metals and plasmas. Our interest in Solar System MHD is confined to the latter.
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Siscoe, G.L. (1983). Solar System Magnetohydrodynamics. In: Carovillano, R.L., Forbes, J.M. (eds) Solar-Terrestrial Physics. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 104. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7194-3_2
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