TY - JOUR
T1 - Dispersive wave turbulence in one dimension
AU - Cai, David
AU - Majda, Andrew J.
AU - McLaughlin, David W.
AU - Tabak, Esteban G.
N1 - Funding Information:
David Cai is supported in part by the Joseph and Hebert Keller Instructorship at New York University, and in part by a Sloan Foundation Grant #96-3-1; A.J. Majda is supported by NSF DMS 9972865, DMS 9625795, ONR N00014-96-0043, and ARO-DAAG55-98-1-0129; David McLaughlin is supported in part by a Sloan Foundation Grant # 96-3-1, AFOSR-49620-98, and NSF DSM-9971813; E.G. Tabak is supported by NSF DMS 9701751.
PY - 2001/5/15
Y1 - 2001/5/15
N2 - In this article, we study numerically a one-dimensional model of dispersive wave turbulence. The article begins with a description of the model which we introduced earlier, followed by a concise summary of our previous results about it. In those previous studies, in addition to the spectra of weak turbulence (WT) theory, we also observed another distinct spectrum (the "MMT spectrum"). Our new results, presented here, include: (i) A detailed description of coexistence of spectra at distinct spatial scales, and the transitions between them at different temporal scales; (ii) The existence of a stable MMT front in k-space which separates the WT cascades from the dissipation range, for various forms of strong damping including "selective dissipation"; (iii) The existence of turbulent cycles in the one-dimensional model with focusing nonlinearity, induced by the interaction of spatially localized coherent structures with the resonant quartets of dispersive wave radiation; (iv) The detailed composition of these turbulent cycles - including the self-similar formation of focusing events (distinct in the forced and freely decaying cases), and the transport by the WT direct and inverse cascades of excitations between spatial scales. This one-dimensional model admits a very precise and detailed realization of these turbulent cycles and their components. Our numerical experiments demonstrate that a complete theory of dispersive wave turbulence will require a full description of the turbulent field over all spatial scales (including those of the forcing and dissipation), and over extremely long times (as the nonlinear turnover time becomes very long in the weakly nonlinear limit). And, in the focusing case, a complete theory must also incorporate the interaction of localized coherent structures with resonant radiation.
AB - In this article, we study numerically a one-dimensional model of dispersive wave turbulence. The article begins with a description of the model which we introduced earlier, followed by a concise summary of our previous results about it. In those previous studies, in addition to the spectra of weak turbulence (WT) theory, we also observed another distinct spectrum (the "MMT spectrum"). Our new results, presented here, include: (i) A detailed description of coexistence of spectra at distinct spatial scales, and the transitions between them at different temporal scales; (ii) The existence of a stable MMT front in k-space which separates the WT cascades from the dissipation range, for various forms of strong damping including "selective dissipation"; (iii) The existence of turbulent cycles in the one-dimensional model with focusing nonlinearity, induced by the interaction of spatially localized coherent structures with the resonant quartets of dispersive wave radiation; (iv) The detailed composition of these turbulent cycles - including the self-similar formation of focusing events (distinct in the forced and freely decaying cases), and the transport by the WT direct and inverse cascades of excitations between spatial scales. This one-dimensional model admits a very precise and detailed realization of these turbulent cycles and their components. Our numerical experiments demonstrate that a complete theory of dispersive wave turbulence will require a full description of the turbulent field over all spatial scales (including those of the forcing and dissipation), and over extremely long times (as the nonlinear turnover time becomes very long in the weakly nonlinear limit). And, in the focusing case, a complete theory must also incorporate the interaction of localized coherent structures with resonant radiation.
KW - Dispersive wave
KW - One dimension
KW - Turbulence
KW - Weak turbulence theory
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U2 - 10.1016/S0167-2789(01)00193-2
DO - 10.1016/S0167-2789(01)00193-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035873577
SN - 0167-2789
VL - 152-153
SP - 551
EP - 572
JO - Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
JF - Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
ER -