Punctuated vortex coalescence and discrete scale invariance in two-dimensional turbulence
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Publication:1581772
DOI10.1016/S0167-2789(99)00204-3zbMATH Open0974.76039arXivcond-mat/9902247MaRDI QIDQ1581772FDOQ1581772
Authors: A. Johansen, D. Sornette, Adam Espe Hansen 
Publication date: 8 October 2000
Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We present experimental evidence and theoretical arguments showing that the time-evolution of freely decaying 2-d turbulence is governed by a {it discrete} time scale invariance rather than a continuous time scale invariance. Physically, this reflects that the time-evolution of the merging of vortices is not smooth but punctuated, leading to a prefered scale factor and as a consequence to log-periodic oscillations. From a thorough analysis of freely decaying 2-d turbulence experiments, we show that the number of vortices, their radius and separation display log-periodic oscillations as a function of time with an average log-frequency of ~ 4-5 corresponding to a prefered scaling ratio of ~ 1.2-1.3
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9902247
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