Linear and nonlinear decay of cat's eyes in two-dimensional vortices, and the link to Landau poles

DOI10.1017/S0022112007008944zbMath1128.76015WikidataQ57946851 ScholiaQ57946851MaRDI QIDQ5440052

Andrew D. Gilbert, Matthew R. Turner

Publication date: 31 January 2008

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

exponential decayGaussian vortex profilerotating strain field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Viscous vortex flows (76D17)

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