Local solvability and loss of smoothness of the Navier–Stokes–Maxwell equations with large initial data

The existence of a local-in-time unique solution and loss of smoothness of a full Magneto-Hydro-Dynamics (MHD) system are considered for periodic initial data. The result is proven using Fujita–Kato’s method in ℓ 1 based (for the Fourier coefficients) functional spaces enabling us to easily estimate nonlinear terms in the system as well as solutions to Maxwell’s equations. A loss of smoothness result is shown for the velocity and magnetic field. It comes from the damped-wave operator which does not have any smoothing effect.