I M Benn and Jonathan Kress 1996 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 29 6295 doi:10.1088/0305-4470/29/19/014
I M Benn and Jonathan Kress
Show affiliationsWe show a correspondence between magnetic fields that are eigenvectors of the curl operator and certain solutions to the source-free Maxwell equations. When the eigenvalue of the curl is non-constant then the corresponding Maxwell system must be solved in a non-flat spacetime. We show how the generalized Hertz potential method of solving Maxwell's equations in curved spacetimes can be applied to determine eigenvectors of the curl. In the case of a constant eigenvalue the Chandrasekhar - Kendall eigenfunctions are recovered. For non-constant eigenvalue we use the formalism to produce some new force-free fields.
Issue 19 (7 October 1996)
Received 14 June 1996
I M Benn and Jonathan Kress 1996 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 29 6295
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