Boundary layers of an anchored magnetic field in a highly conductive flow

Abstract

The effects of the flow of an electrically conducting fluid upon a magnetic field anchored at the boundary of a domain are studied. By taking the resistivity as a small parameter, the first-order approximation of an asymptotic analysis yields a boundary layer for the magnetic potential. This layer is analysed both in general and in three particular cases, showing that while in general its effects decrease exponentially with the distance to the boundary, several additional effects are highly relevant.