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Renormalization-group approach to the stochastic Navier--Stokes equation: Two-loop approximation

Chaotic Dynamics 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

The field theoretic renormalization group is applied to the stochastic Navier--Stokes equation that describes fully developed fluid turbulence. The complete two-loop calculation of the renormalization constant, the β\beta function, the fixed point and the ultraviolet correction exponent is performed. The Kolmogorov constant and the inertial-range skewness factor, derived to second order of the \eps\eps expansion, are in a good agreement with the experiment. The possibility of the extrapolation of the \eps\eps expansion beyond the threshold where the sweeping effects become important is demonstrated on the example of a Galilean-invariant quantity, the equal-time pair correlation function of the velocity field. The extension to the dd-dimensional case is briefly discussed.

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@article{arxiv.nlin/0207007,
  title  = {Renormalization-group approach to the stochastic Navier--Stokes equation: Two-loop approximation},
  author = {L. Ts. Adzhemyan and N. V. Antonov and M. V. Kompaniets and A. N. Vasil'ev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0207007},
  year   = {2009}
}

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20 pages, 3 figures