On the V-states for the generalized quasi-geostrophic equations (Q2018341)

In this article the authors study a generalized surface quasigeostrophic system introduced by \textit{D. Córdoba} et al. [Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102, No. 17, 5949--5952 (2005; Zbl 1135.76315)] as a model of atmospheric-oceanic flow, interpolating through a parameter \(0\leq\alpha\leq 1\) between the inviscid Euler system (\(\alpha=0\)) and the surface quasigeostrophic system (\(\alpha=1\)). They concentrate on particular vortex solutions called V-states, introduced by \textit{G. S. Deem} and \textit{N. J. Zabusky}, [``Vortex waves: stationary ``V-states'', interactions, recurrence, and breaking'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 40(13), 859--862 (1978)] as rotating patches: simply connected, rigidly rotating domains. They extend previous works on the Euler system for \(\alpha=0\) to the \(\alpha>0\) case, using the bifurcation machinery of Crandall-Rabinowitz and singular integrals arguments, allowing them to prove existence of an infinite family of non stationary global solutions.