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Transition threshold of Couette flow for 2D Boussinesq equations

Analysis of PDEs 2025-06-05 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we prove the stability threshold of α13\alpha\leq \frac13 for 2D Boussinesq equations around the Couette flow in T×R\mathbb{T}\times \mathbb{R} with Richardson number γ2>14\gamma^2>\frac14 and different viscosity ν\nu and thermal diffusivity μ\mu. More precisely, if vin(y,0)Hs+1/2+ρin+γ2y1Hs+1/2c(min{ν,μ})1/3\|v_{in}-(y,0)\|_{H^{s+1/2}}+ \|\rho_{in}+\gamma^2 y-1\|_{H^{s+1/2}}\leq c(\min\{\nu,\mu\})^{1/3}, ν+μ2γνμ<2ε\frac{\nu+\mu}{2\gamma\sqrt{\nu \mu} }< 2-\varepsilon, s>3/2s>3/2, then the asymptotic stability holds. This stability threshold is consistent with the optimal stability threshold for the 2D Navier-Stokes equations in Sobolev space. And in the sense of inviscid damping effect, the regularity assumption of the initial data should be sharp.

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@article{arxiv.2506.03679,
  title  = {Transition threshold of Couette flow for 2D Boussinesq equations},
  author = {Xiaoxia Ren and Wei Dongyi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.03679},
  year   = {2025}
}

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