Clustered vortex helices with compactly supported cross-sectional vorticity in the 3D Euler equations
Analysis of PDEs
2026-04-13 v1
Abstract
We consider the three-dimensional incompressible Euler equations for helical flows without swirl. By adapting gluing techniques, we construct the first smooth multi-vortex solution in the whole space exhibiting a cluster of collapsing helical filaments, with the associated cross-sectional vorticity remaining compactly supported in for all times. Our result generalises previous collapsing configurations in with rapidly decaying vorticity cores, and extends related variational solutions obtained in infinite cylindrical domains.
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@article{arxiv.2604.09546,
title = {Clustered vortex helices with compactly supported cross-sectional vorticity in the 3D Euler equations},
author = {Averkios Averkiou and Monica Musso and Fang Yu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.09546},
year = {2026}
}
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32 pages