In MHD we are often interested in situations of equilibrium, or force balance. This is because, in magnetic fusion we seek to confine a hot plasma for a very long time. Clearly, a state of equilibrium is a minimum condition for this type of fusion to occur.
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Schnack, D.D. (2009). Equilibrium: General Considerations— The Virial Theorem. In: Lectures in Magnetohydrodynamics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 780. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00688-3_14
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