Universal statistics of vortex tangles in three-dimensional random waves

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/aaa4aezbMath1387.82034arXiv1707.05655OpenAlexW3099321491MaRDI QIDQ4610170

Alexander J. Taylor

Publication date: 5 April 2018

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.05655

zbMATH Keywords

statistical physicsoptical vortexloop soupwave chaosreconnectionsfilamentary tangle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Disordered systems (random Ising models, random Schrödinger operators, etc.) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B44) Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41)

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