Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
1999-10-15
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
Now 68 pages. A proof of nonrealizability of scaling solutions with a>(d+\gamma)/\gamma is added. Other minor changes and impr
Scientific paper
We study the two-point correlation function of a freely decaying scalar in Kraichnan's model of advection by a Gaussian random velocity field, stationary and white-noise in time but fractional Brownian in space with roughness exponent $0<\zeta<2$, appropriate to the inertial-convective range of the scalar. We find all self-similar solutions, by transforming the scaling equation to Kummer's equation. It is shown that only those scaling solutions with scalar energy decay exponent $a\leq (d/\gamma)+1$ are statistically realizable, where $d$ is space dimension and $\gamma =2-\zeta$. An infinite sequence of invariants $J_\ell, \ell=0,1,2,...$ is pointed out, where $J_0$ is Corrsin's integral invariant but the higher invariants appear to be new. We show that at least one of the first two invariants, $J_0$ or $J_1$, must be nonzero for realizable initial data. We classify initial data in long-time domains of attraction of the self-similar solutions, based upon these new invariants. Our results support a picture of ``two-scale'' decay with breakdown of self-similarity for a range of exponents $(d+\gamma)/\gamma < a < (d+2)/\gamma,$ analogous to what has recently been found in decay of Burgers turbulence.
Eyink Gregory
Xin Jack
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