Chaotic jets.

DOI10.1016/S1007-5704(03)00038-8MaRDI QIDQ1406803zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Xavier Leoncini, George M. Zaslavsky

Publication date 7 September 2003

Published in Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0602045

zbMATH Keywords

advectionanomalous transportdispersionfluid particlesfractional kineticsHamiltonian chaosmixingnumerical study

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical aspects of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37J99) Dynamical systems in fluid mechanics, oceanography and meteorology (37N10) Hamilton's equations (70H05) Viscous vortex flows (76D17) Dynamical systems approach to turbulence (76F20) Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25)

Abstract: The problem of characterizing the origin of the non-Gaussian properties of transport resulting from Hamiltonian dynamics is addressed. For this purpose the notion of chaotic jet is revisited and leads to the definition of a diagnostic able to capture some singular properties of the dynamics. This diagnostic is applied successfully to the problem of advection of passive tracers in a flow generated by point vortices. We present and discuss this diagnostic as a result of which clues on the origin of anomalous transport in these systems emerge.

Review text

This paper reviews the concept of ``chaotic jet, trajectories in the phase space of a Hamiltonian system that remain within a ``scale of interest for a relatively long time. No formal definitions or proofs are presented. A jet can be envisioned as an ensemble of fluid particles travelling coherently together and exhibiting little dispersion on a given scale. Strong chaotic motion within a jet is possible, below the level of a specific scale. The concept of a chaotic jet allows one to define a diagnostic capable of capturing the singular dynamics responsible for anomalous transport in systems of point vortices. Jets identified by the authors were typically found on the boundaries of coherent structures in phase space. The authors apply their diagnostic concept to a numerical study of the advection of passive tracers in flows governed by point vortices.

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