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Fluctuation dynamics in randomly advected Navier-Stokes equations below critical scaling

Analysis of PDEs 2026-07-17 v1 Probability

Abstract

We study randomly advected incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, where the advecting field is a mean-zero, divergence-free, space-time stationary velocity field with smooth order-one correlations. We introduce a two-parameter family of models in which the advection is accelerated on a fast temporal scale ε2\varepsilon^2 and has spatial correlation length δ\delta; the critical regime ε=δ\varepsilon = \delta corresponds to the natural parabolic scaling of the Navier-Stokes equation. In the full subcritical regime ε=o(δ)\varepsilon = o (\delta), we prove a law of large numbers in dimensions d=2,3d = 2, 3: the solutions converge to a deterministic Navier--Stokes system with an enhanced diffusion coefficient given by a Green-Kubo formula. In two space dimensions, under the slightly stronger assumption ε=o(δ1+ι)\varepsilon = o (\delta^{1 + \iota}) for some ι>0\iota > 0, we identify the leading-order fluctuations: after subtracting deterministic macroscopic corrections satisfying a nonlinear system of Navier-Stokes type, the rescaled fluctuations converge to a Gaussian field solving a linearized Navier-Stokes equation driven by multiplicative space-time white noise.

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@article{arxiv.2607.16132,
  title  = {Fluctuation dynamics in randomly advected Navier-Stokes equations below critical scaling},
  author = {Arnaud Debussche and Martina Hofmanová},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.16132},
  year   = {2026}
}