Equilibria for the N-vortex-problem in a general bounded domain

DOI10.1016/J.JMAA.2015.08.055zbMATH OpenNonearXiv1502.06225OpenAlexW2964204400MaRDI QIDQ499231FDOQ499231

Publication date: 30 September 2015

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This article is concerned with the study of existence and properties of stationary solutions for the dynamics of

N

point vortices in an idealised fluid constrained to a bounded two--dimen-sional domain

O m e g a

, which is governed by a Hamiltonian system [ left{�egin{aligned} Gamma_ifrac{d x_i}{d t} &=frac{partial H_Omega}{partial y_i}(z_1,dots,z_N)\ Gamma_ifrac{d y_i}{d t} &=-frac{partial H_Omega}{partial x_i}(z_1,dots,z_N) end{aligned} hspace{2cm} ext{where} z_i=(x_i,y_i), i=1,dots,N, ight. ] where

H_{O} m e g a (z) := s u m_{j = 1}^{N} G a m m a_{j}^{2} h (z_{j}) + s u m_{i, j = 1, i o t = j}^{N} G a m m a_{i} G a m m a_{j} G (z_{i}, z_{j})

is the so--called Kirchhoff--Routh--path function under various conditions on the "vorticities"

G a m m a_{i}

and various topological and geometrical assumptions on

O m e g a

. In particular, we will prove that (under an additional technical assumption) if it is possible to align the vortices along a line, such that the signs of the