Collapse Turbulence in Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation
Author(s) -
Yeojin Chung,
Pavel M. Lushnikov,
Natalia Vladimirova,
Theodore E. Simos,
George Psihoyios,
Ch. Tsitouras
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
aip conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.177
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1551-7616
pISSN - 0094-243X
DOI - 10.1063/1.3241295
Subject(s) - dissipation , turbulence , nonlinear system , singularity , physics , gaussian , classical mechanics , regularization (linguistics) , probability density function , amplitude , mathematical analysis , statistical physics , mathematics , mechanics , quantum mechanics , statistics , artificial intelligence , computer science
We consider a nonlinear Schrodinger equation (NLS) with dissipation and forcing in critical dimension. Without both linear and nonlinear dissipation NLS results in a finite‐time singularity (collapse) for any initial conditions. Dissipation ensures collapse regularization. If dissipation is small then multiple near‐singular collapses are randomly distributed in space and time forming collapse turbulence. Collapses are responsible for non‐Gaussian tails in the probability distribution function of amplitude fluctuations which makes turbulence strong. Power law of non‐Gaussian tails is obtained for strong NLS turbulence.
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