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We consider $N$ point vortices $s_j$ of strengths $\kappa_j$ moving on a closed (compact, boundaryless, orientable) surface $S$ with riemannian metric $g$. As far as we know, only the sphere or surfaces of revolution, the latter…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2008-03-03 Stefanella Boatto , Jair Koiller

We consider pairs of point vortices having circulations $\Gamma_1$ and $\Gamma_2$ and confined to a two-dimensional surface $S$. In the limit of zero initial separation $\varepsilon$, we prove that they follow a magnetic geodesic in unison,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-08-07 Theodore D. Drivas , Daniil Glukhovskiy , Boris Khesin

The problem of vortex pair motion in two-dimensional plane radial flow is solved. Under certain conditions for flow parameters, the vortex pair can reverse its motion within a bounded region. The vortex-pair translational velocity decreases…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-13 Elena Yu. Bannikova , Victor M. Kontorovich , Gregory M. Reznik

Vortices in fluids and superfluids are fundamental to phenomena ranging from Bose-Einstein condensates and superfluid films to neutron stars and hydrodynamic micro-rotors, where background geometry often plays an important role. Curvature…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-05-21 Gaurang Mangesh Joshi , Rickmoy Samanta

The motion of a vortex-(anti)vortex pair is studied numerically in the framework of a dynamical Ginzburg-Landau model, relevant to the description of a superconductor or of an idealized bosonic plasma. It is shown that up to a fine…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 G. N. Stratopoulos , T. N. Tomaras

In this paper, we construct smooth travelling counter-rotating vortex pairs with circular supports for the generalized surface quasi-geostrophic equation. These vortex pairs are analogues of the Lamb dipoles for the two-dimensional…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-05-10 Daomin Cao , Guolin Qin , Weicheng Zhan , Changjun Zou

We investigate vortex dipoles on surfaces of variable negative curvature, focusing on a catenoid of arbitrary throat radius as a concrete example. We construct the effective dynamical system including mutual and geometric self-interaction…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-03-26 Khushi Banthia , Rickmoy Samanta

In this work we have found an exact solution for the problem of the movement of a dipole type point vortex in an area of fluid limited by a flat boundary. We also present a solution to the problem of dipole point vortex motion in a right…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2012-04-23 V. V. Yanovsky , A. V. Tur

The static and dynamic properties of vortices in dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates (dBECs) can be considerably modified relative to their nondipolar counterparts by the anisotropic and long-ranged nature of the dipole-dipole interaction.…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2024-06-24 Srivatsa B. Prasad , Nick G. Parker , Andrew W. Baggaley

We study numerically the dynamics of two-dimensional vortex systems at zero temperature. In addition to pinned states and turbulent plastic flow, we find motion of vortices in rough channels along the direction of the driving force. In this…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Hans Fangohr , Simon J. Cox , Peter A. J. de Groot

The motion of a pair of counter-rotating point vortices placed in a uniform flow around a circular cylinder forms a rich nonlinear system that is often used to model vortex shedding. The phase portrait of the Hamiltonian governing the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-03-11 G. L. Vasconcelos , M. N. Moura , A. M. J. Schakel

We study a dissipative extension of vortex-binary motion in a doubly periodic fluid domain. The underlying conservative system admits an exact integrable reduction to a single complex relative coordinate. Dissipation is introduced via a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-28 Aswathy K. R. , Rickmoy Samanta

We consider a single Abelian Higgs vortex on a surface {\Sigma} whose Gaussian curvature K is small relative to the size of the vortex, and analyse vortex motion by using geodesics on the moduli space of static solutions. The moduli space…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-16 Daniele Dorigoni , Maciej Dunajski , Nicholas S. Manton

The dynamics of a constrained three-vortex problem, a free point vortex pair in the velocity field of a fixed point vortex, is investigated. The underlying dynamical system is simplified using a coordinate transformation and categorized…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-09-06 Sreethin Sreedharan K , Priyanka Shukla

In this paper, we prove that in bounded planar domains with $C^{2,\alpha}$ boundary, for almost every initial condition in the sense of the Lebesgue measure, the point vortex system has a global solution, meaning that there is no collision…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-19 Martin Donati

In this paper, we study the existence of corotating and counter-rotating pairs of simply connected patches for Euler equations and the $(\hbox{SQG})_\alpha$ equations with $\alpha\in (0,1).$ From the numerical experiments implemented for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-01-09 Taoufik Hmidi , Joan Mateu

We derive the exact equation of motion for a vortex in two- and three- dimensional non-relativistic systems governed by the Ginzburg-Landau equation with complex coefficients. The velocity is given in terms of local gradients of the…

patt-sol · Physics 2016-09-08 Ola Tornkvist , Elsebeth Schroder

We present a systematic theoretical analysis of the motion of a pair of straight counter-rotating vortex lines within a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate. We introduce the dynamical equations of motion, identify the associated conserved…

The theory of point vortex dynamics has existed since Kirchhoff's proposal in 1891 and is still under development with connections to many fields in mathematics. As a strong simplification of the concept of vorticity it excels in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-04 Marcel Padilla

The aim of the present work is to examine the role of discreteness in the interaction of both co-winding and counter-winding vortices in the context of the nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equation. Contrary to the well-known rotation of same…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2020-08-25 J. J. Bramburger , J. Cuevas-Maraver , P. G. Kevrekidis
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