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Kelvin-Helmholtz {instability induced} turbulence is one promising mechanism by which loops in the solar corona can be heated by MHD waves. In this paper we present an analytical model of the dissipation rate of {Kelvin-Helmholtz…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-20 Andrew Hillier , Tom Van Doorsselaere , Konstantinos Karampelas

We study the double cascade of energy and wave action in a local model of superfluid vortex filaments. The model is obtained from a truncated expansion of the 2D Local Induction Approximation and it is shown to support six-wave…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2008-10-21 G. Boffetta , A. Celani , D. Dezzani , J. Laurie , S. Nazarenko

Energy dynamics calculations in a 3D fluid simulation of drift wave turbulence in the linear Large Plasma Device (LAPD) [W. Gekelman et al., Rev. Sci. Inst. 62, 2875 (1991)] illuminate processes that drive and dissipate the turbulence.…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2013-01-07 B. Friedman , T. A. Carter , M. V. Umansky , D. Schaffner , B. Dudson

We discuss the energy and vorticity spectra of turbulent superfluid $^4$He in all the temperature range from $T=0$ up to the phase transition "$\lambda$ point", $T_\lambda\simeq 2.17\,$K. Contrary to classical developed turbulence in which…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-04-06 Laurent Boué , Victor S. L'vov , Yotam Nagar , Sergey V. Nazarenko , Anna Pomyalov , Itamar Procaccia

We comment on the paper by E. B. Sonin, PRB v 85, 104516 (2012) [arXiv:1201.3188], with which we find ourselves in serious disagreement. We use this option to shed light on some important issues of a theory of Kelvin wave turbulence,…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-11 Victor S. L'vov , Sergey V. Nazarenko

A two-field Hamiltonian gyrofluid model for kinetic Alfv\'en waves retaining ion finite Larmor radius corrections, parallel magnetic field fluctuations and electron inertia, is used to study turbulent cascades from the MHD to the sub-ion…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-05-29 T. Passot , P. L. Sulem

Generation, statistically steady state, and temporal decay of axially rotating thermal counterflow of superfluid $^4$He (He~II) in a square channel is probed using the second sound attenuation technique, measuring the density of quantized…

Turbulence plays a critical role in the atmosphere, oceans, engineering, and astrophysics. The dissipation (heating) induced by turbulent flows is particularly important for the thermodynamics and chemistry of interstellar clouds, yet its…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-11 Edward Troccoli , Christoph Federrath

The damping of vortex cyclotron modes is investigated within a generalized quantum theory of vortex waves. Similarly to the case of Kelvin modes, the friction coefficient turns out to be essentially unchanged under such oscillations, but it…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. M. Cataldo

We investigate the different degrees of freedom underlying far-from-equilibrium scaling behaviour in a relativistic, single-component $\mathrm{O}(1)$ scalar field theory in two and three spatial dimensions. In such a strongly correlated…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-09-08 Viktoria Noel , Thomas Gasenzer , Kirill Boguslavski

One of the main features of superfluids is the presence of topological defects with quantised circulation. These objects are known as quantum vortices and exhibit a hydrodynamic behaviour. Nowadays, particles are the main experimental tool…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-03-21 Umberto Giuriato , Giorgio Krstulovic

We study two different types of simplified models for Kelvin wave turbulence on quantized vortex lines in superfluids near zero temperature. Our first model is obtained from a truncated expansion of the Local Induction Approximation…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-05-14 Guido Boffetta , Antonio Celani , Davide Dezzani , Jason Laurie , Sergey Nazarenko

The interaction between vortex density waves and high-frequency second sound in counterflow superfluid turbulence is examined, incorporating diffusive and elastic contributions of the vortex tangle. The analysis is based on a set of…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-08-27 Michele Sciacca , Maria Stella Mongiovi' , David Jou

Turbulence in a superfluid in the zero temperature limit consists of a dynamic tangle of quantized vortex filaments. Different types of turbulence are possible depending on the level of correlations in the orientation of vortex lines. We…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-03-31 P. M. Walmsley , D. E. Zmeev , F. Pakpour , A. I. Golov

Variety of statistically steady energy spectra in elastic wave turbulence have been reported in numerical simulations, experiments, and theoretical studies. Focusing on the energy levels of the system, we have performed direct numerical…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2013-03-07 Naoto Yokoyama , Masanori Takaoka

The spectrum of turbulence in superfluid liquid is modified by the nonlinear energy dissipation caused by the mutual friction between quantized vortices and the normal component of the liquid. In some region of two Reynolds parameters…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-10 Victor S. L'vov , Sergey V. Nazarenko , Grigory E. Volovik

The turbulence of superfluid helium is investigated numerically at finite temperature. Direct numerical simulations are performed with a "truncated HVBK" model, which combines the continuous description of the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2012-02-14 Julien Salort , Philippe-E. Roche , Emmanuel Lévêque

Recently the Kelvin wave cascade process in superfluid $^4$He at very low temperatures was discussed. In this mechanism, the dynamics of the waves on the vortex lines plays an important role. In order to investigate this mechanism, we study…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Tsunehiko Araki , Makoto Tsubota

Superfluidity is a special state of matter exhibiting macroscopic quantum phenomena and acting like a fluid with zero viscosity. In such a state, superfluid vortices exist as phase singularities of the model equation with unique…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-10-10 Yulong Guo , Xiaopei Liu , Chi Xiong , Xuemiao Xu , Chi-Wing Fu

A novel unitary quantum lattice gas algorithm is used to simulate quantum turbulence of a BEC described by the Gross-Pitaevskii equation on grids up to 5760^3. For the first time, an accurate power law scaling for the quantum Kelvin wave…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Jeffrey Yepez