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Anomalous Scaling Exponents of a White-Advected Passive Scalar

chao-dyn 2009-10-28 v2 Condensed Matter High Energy Physics - Theory Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

For Kraichnan's problem of passive scalar advection by a velocity field delta-correlated in time, the limit of large space dimensionality d1d\gg1 is considered. Scaling exponents of the scalar field are analytically found to be ζ2n=nζ22(2ζ2)n(n1)/d\zeta_{2n}=n\zeta_2-2(2-\zeta_2)n(n-1)/d, while those of the dissipation field are μn=2(2ζ2)n(n1)/d\mu_{n}=-2(2-\zeta_2)n(n-1)/d for orders ndn\ll d. The refined similarity hypothesis ζ2n=nζ2+μn\zeta_{2n}=n\zeta_2+\mu_{n} is thus established by a straightforward calculation for the case considered.

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@article{arxiv.chao-dyn/9509007,
  title  = {Anomalous Scaling Exponents of a White-Advected Passive Scalar},
  author = {M. Chertkov and G. Falkovich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:chao-dyn/9509007},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, RevTex 3.0, Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett