Physics
Scientific paper
Jul 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004njph....6...73c&link_type=abstract
New Journal of Physics, Volume 6, Issue 1, pp. 73 (2004).
Physics
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At asymptotically high rotation rates, rotating turbulence can be described as a field of interacting dispersive waves by the general theory of weak wave turbulence. However, rotating turbulence has some complicating features, including the anisotropy of the wave dispersion relation and the vanishing of the wave frequency on a non-vanishing set of 'slow' modes. These features prevent straightforward application of existing theories and lead to some interesting properties, including the transfer of energy towards the slow modes. This transfer competes with, and might even replace, the transfer to small scales envisioned in standard turbulence theories.
In this paper, anisotropic spectra for rotating turbulence are proposed based on weak turbulence theory; some evidence for their existence is given based on numerical calculations of the wave turbulence equations. Previous arguments based on the properties of resonant wave interactions suggest that the slow modes decouple from the others. Here, an extended wave turbulence theory with non-resonant interactions is proposed in which all modes are coupled; these interactions are possible only because of the anisotropy of the dispersion relation. Finally, the vanishing of the wave frequency on the slow modes implies that these modes cannot be described by weak turbulence theory. A more comprehensive approach to rotating turbulence is proposed to overcome this limitation.
Cambon Claude
Godeferd Fabien S.
Rubinstein Reuven
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