Vortex reconnection rate, and loop birth rate, for a random wavefield

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/aa5a38zbMath1369.82017arXiv1702.04260OpenAlexW2578109799MaRDI QIDQ5267840

J. H. Hannay

Publication date: 13 June 2017

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.04260

zbMATH Keywords

vortexstatisticswavefield

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41) Strange attractors, chaotic dynamics of systems with hyperbolic behavior (37D45)

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