Use in Plasma Physics
Magnetic tension is particularly important in plasma physics and magnetohydrodynamics, where it controls dynamics of some systems and the shape of magnetized structures. In magnetohydrodynamics, the magnetic tension force can be derived from the momentum equation or plasma physics
using the relation . The first term on the right hand side of the above equation represents electromagnetic forces and the second term represents pressure gradient forces.
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