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Theoretical analysis of quantum turbulence using the Onsager "ideal turbulence" theory

Fluid Dynamics 2021-02-24 v3 Other Condensed Matter

Abstract

We investigate three-dimensional quantum turbulence as described by the Gross-Pitaevskii model using the analytical method exploited in the Onsager "ideal turbulence" theory. We derive the scale-independence of the scale-to-scale kinetic energy flux and establish a double-cascade scenario: at scales much larger than the mean intervortex i\ell_i, the Richardson cascade becomes dominant, whereas at scales much smaller than i\ell_i, another type of cascade is induced by quantum stress. We then evaluate the corresponding velocity power spectrum using a phenomenological argument. The relation between the novel cascade, which we call quantum stress cascade, and the Kelvin-wave cascade is also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.2009.11057,
  title  = {Theoretical analysis of quantum turbulence using the Onsager "ideal turbulence" theory},
  author = {Tomohiro Tanogami},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.11057},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

20 pages, 2 figures. Minor revisions are made in ver. 3