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The generalized surface quasi-geostrophic (GSQG) equations are transport equations for an active scalar that depend on a parameter $0<\alpha \le 2$. Special cases are the two-dimensional incompressible Euler equations ($\alpha = 2$) and the…
In this paper we consider steady vortex flows for the incompressible Euler equations in a planar bounded domain. By solving a variational problem for the vorticity, we construct steady double vortex patches with opposite signs concentrating…
We consider the rotating and translating equilibria of open finite vortex sheets with endpoints in two-dimensional potential flows. New results are obtained concerning the stability of these equilibrium configurations which complement…
We analyze surface patches with a corner that is rounded in the sense that the partial derivatives at that point are antiparallel. Sufficient conditions for $G^1$ smoothness are given, which, up to a certain degenerate case, are also…
In this paper, we are concerned with the Cauchy problem of the generalized surface quasi-geostrophic (SQG) equation in which the velocity field is expressed as $u=K\ast\omega$, where $\omega=\omega(x,t)$ is an unknown function and…
We consider relative equilibrium solutions of the two-dimensional Euler equations in which the vorticity is concentrated on a union of finite-length vortex sheets. Using methods of complex analysis, more specifically the theory of the…
We study the evolution of corner-like patch solutions to the generalized SQG equations. Depending on the angle size and order of the velocity kernel, the corner instantaneously bents either downward or upward. In particular, we obtain the…
We study the temporal fluctuations of the flux of surface potential energy in Surface Quasi-Geostrophic (SQG) turbulence. By means of high-resolution, direct numerical simulations of the SQG model in the regime of forced and dissipated…
We prove the persistence of boundary smoothness of vortex patches for a non-linear transport equation in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with velocity field given by convolution of the density with an odd kernel, homogeneous of degree $-(n-1)$ and of class…
In this paper we address the existence of time periodic solutions for the generalized inviscid SQG equation in the unit disc with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition when $\alpha\in (0,1)$. We show the existence of a countable family…
In this paper, we study the existence of co-rotating and counter-rotating unequal-sized pairs of simply connected patches for Euler equations. In particular, we prove the existence of curves of steadily co-rotating and counter-rotating…
We discuss the existence of equilibrium configurations for the Hamiltonian point-vortex model on a closed surface $\Sigma$. The topological properties of $\Sigma$ determine the occurrence of three distinct situations, corresponding to…
This paper aims to study time periodic solutions for 3D inviscid quasi-geostrophic model. We show the existence of non trivial rotating patches by suitable perturbation of stationary solutions given by generic revolution shapes around the…
In this paper, we investigate a class of inviscid generalized surface quasi-geostrophic (SQG) equations on the half-plane with a rigid boundary. Compared to the Biot-Savart law in the vorticity form of the 2D Euler equation, the velocity…
We analyze existence, stability, and symmetry of point vortex relative equilibria with one dominant vortex and N vortices with infinitesimal circulation. The dimension of the problem can be reduced by taking an infinitesimal circulation…
We prove local well-posedness as well as singularity formation for the g-SQG patch model on the plane (so on a domain without a boundary), with $\alpha\in(0,\frac 16]$ and patches being allowed to touch each other. We do this by bypassing…
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 article is concerned with the study of existence and properties of stationary solutions for the dynamics of $N$ point vortices in an idealised fluid constrained to a bounded two--dimen\-sional domain $\Omega$, which is governed by a…
This article studies the N-vortex problem in the plane with positive vorticities. After an investigation of some properties for normalised relative equilibria of the system, we use symplectic capacity theory to show that, there exist…
Vortex lattices are constructed in terms of linear combinations of solutions for Scr\"{o}dinger equation with a constant potential. The vortex lattices are mapped on the spaces with two-dimensional rotationally symmetric potentials by using…