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The Diffusion of Passive Tracers in Laminar Shear Flow
Published on: May 1, 2018
Slow diffusive structure in Nikolaevskii turbulence.
Takayuki Narumi1, Yoshiki Hidaka2
1Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Ube 755-8611, Japan.
Weak turbulence in the Nikolaevskii model exhibits superdiffusive particle motion near phase transitions. This scale-invariant diffusion suggests a hierarchical structure, simplified by a two-scale Brownian motion model.
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Area of Science:
- Nonlinear and Nonequilibrium Physics
- Turbulence Theory
- Statistical Mechanics
Background:
- Weak turbulence is crucial for understanding universal behaviors near critical points in complex systems.
- The Nikolaevskii turbulence model provides a theoretical framework for studying one-dimensional weak turbulence.
- Investigating ordered-disordered state transitions requires understanding underlying dynamic processes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To theoretically analyze the one-dimensional Nikolaevskii turbulence model.
- To elucidate the Lagrangian description of particle dynamics within this turbulent system.
- To characterize the diffusion properties and scale invariance near transition points.
Main Methods:
- Calculation of the velocity field for Nikolaevskii turbulence, assuming a convective structure.
- Tagged-particle simulations within the turbulent flow to observe particle trajectories.
- Analysis of diffusion behavior across different timescales and its dependence on control parameters.
Main Results:
- Tagged particles exhibit superdiffusive behavior over intermediate timescales.
- The diffusion of the slow structure follows a power law near the transition point.
- Scale invariance of diffusive characteristics is observed for the slow structure.
Conclusions:
- Nikolaevskii turbulence displays scale-invariant diffusive properties near phase transitions.
- A simplified 'two-scale Brownian motion' model captures the hierarchical nature of this turbulence.
- The findings contribute to understanding universal characteristics in nonlinear-nonequilibrium systems.