Relaxation towards a statistical equilibrium state in two-dimensional perfect fluid dynamics

DOI10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.2776zbMath0968.82527OpenAlexW1969853163WikidataQ74518228 ScholiaQ74518228MaRDI QIDQ4491975

Publication date: 16 July 2000

Published in: Physical Review Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.69.2776

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M30) Transport processes in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C70) Statistical mechanics of liquids (82D15) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35)

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