CaltechAUTHORS
  A Caltech Library Service

Statistical two-vortex equilibrium and vortex merger

Chen, Peilong and Cross, M. C. (1996) Statistical two-vortex equilibrium and vortex merger. Physical Review E, 53 (4). R3032-R3035. ISSN 1063-651X. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.53.R3032. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:CHEpre96

[img]
Preview
PDF
See Usage Policy.

757kB
[img]
Preview
Cover Image (Rapid Communication)
See Usage Policy.

807B

Use this Persistent URL to link to this item: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:CHEpre96

Abstract

Two-vortex solutions from the mean field equations respecting all conservation laws of the Euler equations in two dimensions are calculated in a unit disk. These states are compared to symmetric and off-center single-vortex solutions. A thermodynamic stability analysis is used to determine their stability and a critical separation for stable two-vortex states is found from the crossover to instability. This could explain the merging critical ratios observed in numerical simulations and experiments.


Item Type:Article
Related URLs:
URLURL TypeDescription
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.53.R3032DOIUNSPECIFIED
Additional Information:©1996 The American Physical Society. Received 2 January 1996. The authors acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DMR 9013984.
Issue or Number:4
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.53.R3032
Record Number:CaltechAUTHORS:CHEpre96
Persistent URL:https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:CHEpre96
Usage Policy:No commercial reproduction, distribution, display or performance rights in this work are provided.
ID Code:10880
Collection:CaltechAUTHORS
Deposited By: Archive Administrator
Deposited On:14 Jun 2008
Last Modified:08 Nov 2021 21:11

Repository Staff Only: item control page