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The linear stability of a rotating, stratified, inviscid horizontal plane Couette flow in a channel is studied in the limit of strong rotation and stratification. An energy argument is used to show that unstable perturbations must have…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-13 J Vanneste , I Yavneh

We present numerical evidence that Kelvin waves (KWs) on quantized vortices in superfluid helium can be directly observed in the normal fluid component at finite temperatures. Using the Fully cOUpled loCAl model of sUperfLuid Turbulence…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-14 Simone Scollo , Luca Galantucci , Giorgio Krstulovic

The reciprocal energy and enstrophy transfers between normal fluid and superfluid components dictate the overall dynamics of superfluid $^4$He including the generation, evolution and coupling of coherent structures, the distribution of…

A Lagrangian relativistic approach to the non--linear dynamics of cosmological perturbations of an irrotational collisionless fluid is considered. Solutions are given at second order in perturbation theory for the relevant fluid and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 S. Matarrese , O. Pantano , D. Saez

Fluid elements deform in turbulence by stretching and folding. In this work, by projecting the material deformation tensor onto the largest stretching direction, the dynamics of folding is depicted through the evolution of the material…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-04-13 Yinghe Qi , Charles Meneveau , Greg Voth , Rui Ni

Helices and spirals, prevalent across various systems, play a crucial role in characterizing symmetry, describing dynamics, and imparting unique functionalities, attributed to their inherent simplicity and chiral nature. A helical…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-10-22 Yosuke Minowa , Yuki Yasui , Tomo Nakagawa , Sosuke Inui , Makoto Tsubota , Masaaki Ashida

The decay of quantum vortex rings in counterflow regimes, visualized in Helium II with the help of solid hydrogen particles trapped to their cores, has been a puzzling issue within the usual description of superfluid vortex dynamics,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-05-19 L. Moriconi

The origin of hydrodynamical instability and turbulence in the Keplerian accretion disk is a long-standing puzzle. The flow therein is linearly stable. Here we explore the evolution of perturbation in this flow in the presence of an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-18 Subham Ghosh , Banibrata Mukhopadhyay

We extend the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability to an expanding background. We study the evolution of a non-viscous irrotational fluid and find that for wavelengths much smaller than the Hubble scale small perturbations of the fluid are unstable…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Karim A. Malik , David R. Matravers

Horizontally ($\mathbf{\Omega} \perp \mathbf{v}_{\rm{ns}}$) and axially ($\mathbf{\Omega} \parallel \mathbf{v}_{\rm{ns}}$) rotating counterflow of superfluid $^4$He (He~II) generated thermally in a square channel is studied using the second…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-12-16 Filip Novotný , Marek Talíř , Emil Varga , Ladislav Skrbek

Modal linear stability analysis has proven very successful in the analysis of coherent structures of turbulent flows. Formally, it describes the evolution of a disturbance in the limit of infinite time. In this work we apply modal linear…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-05-03 Lothar Rukes , Moritz Sieber , Oliver Paschereit , Kilian Oberleithner

The dynamics of quantized vortices in weakly interacting superfluids are often modeled by a nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation. In contrast, we show that quantized vortices in fact obey a non-Hamiltonian evolution equation, which enhances…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2017-12-19 Scott A. Strong , Lincoln D. Carr

We study the statistical and dynamical behavior of turbulent Kelvin waves propagating on quantized vortices in superfluids, and address the controversy concerning the energy spectrum that is associated with these excitations. Finding the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-04-13 Laurent Boué , Ratul Dasgupta , Jason Laurie , Victor L'vov , Sergey Nazarenko , Itamar Procaccia

The elementary processes involved in the decay of superfluid turbulence in the limit of low temperature are studied by numerical simulations of vortex ring collisions. We find that small vortex rings produced by reconnections eventually…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Leadbeater , D. C. Samuels , C. F. Barenghi , C. S. Adams

The non-modal transient growth of perturbations in horizontal and inclined channel flows of two immiscible fluids is studied. 3D perturbations are examined in order to find the optimal perturbations that attain the maximum amplification of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-10-31 Ilya Barmak , Alexander Gelfgat , Amos Ullmann , Neima Brauner

We are concerned with the problem of the decay of a tangle of quantized vortices in He II generated by a heat current. Direct application of Vinen's equation yields the temporal scaling of vortex line density $L \sim t^{-1}$. Schwarz and…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-19 Michele Sciacca , Yuri A. Sergeev , Carlo F. Barenghi , Ladik Skrbek

We report on studies of quantum turbulence with second-sound in superfluid 4He in which the turbulence is generated by the flow of the superfluid component through a wide square channel, the ends of which are plugged with sintered silver…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-09-07 Simone Babuin , Emil Varga , William F. Vinen , Ladislav Skrbek

We investigate the spatio-temporal quantity of coherence for turbulent velocity fluctuations at spatial distances of the order or larger than the integral length scale $l_{0}$. Using controlled laboratory experiments, an exponential decay…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-01-19 G. Prabhudesai , S. Perrard , F. Pétrélis , S. Fauve

Using the vortex filament model and the Gross Pitaevskii nonlinear Schroedinger equation, we show that bundles of quantised vortex lines in helium II are structurally robust and can reconnect with each other maintaining their identity. We…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 Sultan Z. Alamri , Anthony J. Youd , Carlo F. Barenghi

Steady linear gravity waves of small amplitude travelling on a current of constant vorticity are found. For negative vorticity we show the appearance of internal waves and vortices, wherein the particle trajectories are not any more closed…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-12-05 Mats Ehrnstrom , Gabriele Villari