Kolmogorov and Kelvin-wave cascades of superfluid turbulence at: What lies between
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- 8 February 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 77 (6) , 060502
Abstract
As long as vorticity quantization remains irrelevant for long-wave physics, superfluid turbulence supports a regime macroscopically identical to the Kolmogorov cascade of a normal liquid. At high enough wave numbers, the energy flux in wavelength space is carried by individual Kelvin-wave cascades on separate vortex lines. We analyze the transformation of the Kolmogorov cascade into the Kelvin-wave cascade, revealing a chain of three distinct intermediate cascades supported by local-induction motion of the vortex lines and distinguished by specific reconnection mechanisms. The most prominent qualitative feature predicted is unavoidable production of vortex rings of a characteristic size.Keywords
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