Point vortex dynamics in a magnetized plasma

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitsuo Kono ◽  
Hideaki Shibahara ◽  
Kentaro Yabuki
2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 677-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dezhe Z. Jin ◽  
Daniel H. E. Dubin
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2015 ◽  
Vol 768 ◽  
pp. 549-571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aditya G. Nair ◽  
Kunihiko Taira

We examine discrete vortex dynamics in two-dimensional flow through a network-theoretic approach. The interaction of the vortices is represented with a graph, which allows the use of network-theoretic approaches to identify key vortex-to-vortex interactions. We employ sparsification techniques on these graph representations based on spectral theory to construct sparsified models and evaluate the dynamics of vortices in the sparsified set-up. Identification of vortex structures based on graph sparsification and sparse vortex dynamics is illustrated through an example of point-vortex clusters interacting amongst themselves. We also evaluate the performance of sparsification with increasing number of point vortices. The sparsified-dynamics model developed with spectral graph theory requires a reduced number of vortex-to-vortex interactions but agrees well with the full nonlinear dynamics. Furthermore, the sparsified model derived from the sparse graphs conserves the invariants of discrete vortex dynamics. We highlight the similarities and differences between the present sparsified-dynamics model and reduced-order models.


Author(s):  
Huanyu Wen ◽  
Jean-Luc Thiffeault

We derive the asymptotic winding law for a Brownian particle in the plane subjected to a tangential drift due to a point vortex. For winding around a point, the normalized winding angle converges to an inverse Gamma distribution. For winding around a disc, the angle converges to a distribution given by an elliptic theta function. For winding in an annulus, the winding angle is asymptotically Gaussian with a linear drift term. We validate our results with numerical simulations. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Topological and geometrical aspects of mass and vortex dynamics’.


Author(s):  
Klas Modin ◽  
Milo Viviani

Abstract Point-vortex dynamics describe idealized, non-smooth solutions to the incompressible Euler equations on two-dimensional manifolds. Integrability results for few point-vortices on various domains is a vivid topic, with many results and techniques scattered in the literature. Here, we give a unified framework for proving integrability results for $$N=2$$ N = 2 , 3, or 4 point-vortices (and also more general Hamiltonian systems), based on symplectic reduction theory. The approach works on any two-dimensional manifold with a symmetry group; we illustrate it on the sphere, the plane, the hyperbolic plane, and the flat torus. A systematic study of integrability is prompted by advances in two-dimensional turbulence, bridging the long-time behaviour of 2D Euler equations with questions of point-vortex integrability. A gallery of solutions is given in the appendix.


2014 ◽  
Vol 761 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rick Salmon

AbstractA single, simply stated approximation transforms the equations for a two-dimensional perfect fluid into a form that is closely analogous to Maxwell’s equations in classical electrodynamics. All the fluid conservation laws are retained in some form. Waves in the fluid interact only with vorticity and not with themselves. The vorticity is analogous to electric charge density, and point vortices are the analogues of point charges. The dynamics is equivalent to an action principle in which a set of fields and the locations of the point vortices are varied independently. We recover classical, incompressible, point vortex dynamics as a limiting case. Our full formulation represents the generalization of point vortex dynamics to the case of compressible flow.


2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 310
Author(s):  
V.I. Maslov ◽  
O.K. Cheremnykh ◽  
A.P. Fomina ◽  
R.I. Kholodov ◽  
O.P. Novak ◽  
...  

We investigate the formation of vortex structures at the refl ection of an electron beam from the double layer of the Jupiter ionosphere. The infl uence of these vortex structures on the formation of dense upward electron fl uxes accelerated by the double layer potential along the Io flux tube is studied. The phase transition to the cyclotron superradiance mode becomes possible for these electrons. The conditions of the formation of vortex perturbations are considered. The nonlinear equation that describes the vortex dynamics of electrons is constructed, and its consequences are studied.


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