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 ℓ1ℓ1 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.