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Existence of distributional solutions of a modified Surface Quasi-Geostrophic equation (mSQG) is proven for $\mu$-almost every initial condition, where $\mu$ is a suitable Gaussian measure. The result is the by-product of existence of a…
We give a rigorous proof of the validity of the point vortex description for a class of inviscid generalized surface quasi-geostrophic models on the whole plane.
Quasi-geostrophic flow is an asymptotic theory for flows in rotating systems that are in geostrophic balance to leading order. It is characterized by the conservation of (quasi-geostrophic) potential vorticity and weak vertical flows.…
This paper aims to study the existence of asymmetric solutions for the two-dimensional generalized surface quasi-geostrophic (gSQG) equations of simply connected patches for $\alpha\in[1,2)$ in the whole plane, where $\alpha=1$ corresponds…
We consider the family known as modified or generalized surface quasi-geostrophic equations (mSQG) consisting of the classical inviscid surface quasi-geostrophic (SQG) equation together with a family of regularized active scalars given by…
In this paper, we investigate the existence of a finite number of vortex patches for the generalized surface quasi-geostrophic (gSQG) equations with $\alpha \in [1,2)$, focusing on configurations that may rotate uniformly, translate, or…
Inspired by recent developments in Berdina-like models for turbulence, we propose an inviscid regularization for the surface quasi-geostrophic (SQG) equations. We are particularly interested in the celebrated question of blowup in finite…
We derive regularized contour dynamics equations for the motion of infinite sharp fronts in the two-dimensional incompressible Euler, surface quasi-geostrophic (SQG), and generalized surface quasi-geostrophic (gSQG) equations. We derive a…
This article studies the vortex-wave system for the Surface Quasi-Geostrophic equation with parameter 0 < s < 1. We obtained local existence of classical solutions in H^4 under the standard ''plateau hypothesis'', H^2-stability of the…
With a new unifying model for layered rotating shallow-water (RSW) and quasi-geostrophic (QG) equations, this paper sheds light on the relation between these two sets of equations. We propose here a new formulation of the quasi-geostrophic…
We prove the persistence of boundary smoothness of vortex patches for the quasi-geostrophic shallow-water (QGSW) equations. The QGSW equations generalize the Euler equations by including an additional parameter, the Rossby radius…
In this paper we construct a large class of non-trivial (non-radial) self-similar solutions of the generalized surface quasi-geostrophic equation (gSQG). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first rigorous construction of any…
In this paper we show the existence of time-periodic vortex patches for the generalized surface quasi-geostrophic equation within a bounded domain. This construction is carried out for values of $\gamma$ in the range of $(1,2)$. The…
This paper addresses the existence of vortex sheets for the SQG equation. More precisely, we construct a family of stationary vortex sheet solutions that are concentrated on curves that are small perturbations of circles centered on a given…
We introduce and analyze a class of Surface Quasi-Geostrophic (SQG) equations in the presence of moving rigid obstacles. The model is motivated both by vortex-wave type asymptotics for singular structures in active scalar equations and by…
We prove the existence of the V-states for the generalized inviscid SQG equations with $\alpha\in ]0,1[.$ These structures are special rotating simply connected patches with $m-$ fold symmetry bifurcating from the trivial solution at some…
We consider the 3D incompressible Navier-Stokes equations under the following $2+\frac{1}{2}$-dimensional situation: vertical vortex blob (quasi-streamwise vortices) being stretched by two-dimensional shear flow. We prove enhanced…
We present a physically reasonable source for an static, axially--symmetric solution to the Einstein equations. Arguments are provided, supporting our belief that the exterior space--time produced by such source, describing a quadrupole…
Patch solutions for the surface quasigeostrophic (SQG) equation model sharp temperature fronts in atmospheric and oceanic flows. We establish local well-posedness for SQG sharp fronts of low Sobolev regularity, $H^{2+s}$ for arbitrarily…
We prove the existence of smooth solutions to the Gross-Pitaevskii equation on $\mathbf{R}^3$ that feature arbitrarily complex quantum vortex reconnections. We can track the evolution of the vortices during the whole process. This permits…