title: Ergodicity of ideal Galerkin three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics and Hall magnetohydrodynamics models.
abstract: We explore the problem of the ergodicity of magnetohydrodynamics and Hall magnetohydrodynamics in three-dimensional, ideal Galerkin systems that are truncated to a finite number of Fourier modes. We show how single Fourier modes follow the Gibbs ensemble prediction, and how the ergodicity of the phase space is restored for long-time Galerkin solutions. Running time averages and two-time correlation functions show, at long times, a convergence towards zero of time averaged single Fourier modes. This suggests a delayed approach to, rather than a breaking of, ergodicity. Finally, we present some preliminary ideas concerning the origin of the associated time scales.
authors.affiliation: Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Servidio
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Matthaeus
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Carbone