Geometry and scaling of tangled vortex lines in three-dimensional random wave fields

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/47/46/465101MaRDI QIDQ2936411zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alexander J. Taylor, M. R. Dennis

Publication date 16 December 2014

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1410.0383

zbMATH Keywords

curvaturerandom walktorsionwave vortices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Conditioning of matrices (15A12) Norms of matrices, numerical range, applications of functional analysis to matrix theory (15A60) Complex behavior and chaotic systems of ordinary differential equations (34C28) Probability distributions: general theory (60E05) Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Numerical computation of matrix norms, conditioning, scaling (65F35) Numerical chaos (65P20) Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41)

Abstract: The short- and long-scale behaviour of tangled wave vortices (nodal lines) in random three-dimensional wave fields is studied via computer experiment. The zero lines are tracked in numerical simulations of periodic superpositions of three-dimensional complex plane waves. The probability distribution of local geometric quantities such as curvature and torsion are compared to previous analytical and new Monte Carlo results from the isotropic Gaussian random wave model. We further examine the scaling and self-similarity of tangled wave vortex lines individually and in the bulk, drawing comparisons with other physical systems of tangled filaments.

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