ROUTE TO VORTEX RECONNECTION

被引:74
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DEWAELE, ATAM
AARTS, RGKM
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[1] Department of Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, NL-5600 MB Eindhoven
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.482
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The behavior of two antiparallel vortices of equal strength, moving in an ideal fluid, is studied numerically. The system is unstable and after a transient period two points of the vortices collide. On their way to the collision the two vortices form a pyramidal structure which is independent of the initial conditions. The connection process tends to follow a universal route for all kinds of initial vortex-antivortex arrangements.
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页码:482 / 485
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