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TY - JOUR
T1 - Energy cascades and rogue waves in superfluid He-4
AU - Ganshyn, Andriy
AU - Efimov, Victor
AU - Kolmakov, G. V.
AU - Mezhov-Deglin, L. P.
AU - McClintock, P. V. E.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - We report the results of recent experiments on second sound in a high Q resonator. Nonlinear wave interactions give rise to a form of acoustic turbulence in which there is a Kolmogorov-like cascade of energy through the frequency scales from the frequency at which it is injected towards higher frequencies until, eventually, dissipative processes come to dominate and terminate the energy flux. We report that that, under some circumstances, an inverse energy cascade occurs, whereby there is a steady flux of energy towards lower frequencies, a wholly unexpected result that bears on the suggestion that rogue waves on the ocean may arise through nonlinear interactions between conventional wind-blown waves.
AB - We report the results of recent experiments on second sound in a high Q resonator. Nonlinear wave interactions give rise to a form of acoustic turbulence in which there is a Kolmogorov-like cascade of energy through the frequency scales from the frequency at which it is injected towards higher frequencies until, eventually, dissipative processes come to dominate and terminate the energy flux. We report that that, under some circumstances, an inverse energy cascade occurs, whereby there is a steady flux of energy towards lower frequencies, a wholly unexpected result that bears on the suggestion that rogue waves on the ocean may arise through nonlinear interactions between conventional wind-blown waves.
KW - 2ND SOUND
KW - INSTABILITY
KW - TURBULENCE
KW - PROPAGATION
U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/150/3/032056
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/150/3/032056
M3 - Journal article
VL - 150
SP - -
JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
SN - 1742-6596
IS - 3
M1 - 032056
T2 - 25th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT25)
Y2 - 6 August 2008 through 13 August 2008
ER -