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EPL
Volume 109, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/109/34003
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- NSF [DMS-1108780, DMS07-08140]
- ONR [N00014-11-1-0345]
- [ISF-7101800401]
- [Minerva Coop 7114170101]
- [DFG-FOR1048]
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Mathematical Sciences [1114827, 1108780] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Instanton calculations are performed in the context of stationary Burgers turbulence to estimate the tails of the probability density function (PDF) of velocity gradients. These results are then compared to those obtained from massive direct numerical simulations (DNS) of the randomly forced Burgers equation. The instanton predictions are shown to agree with the DNS in a wide range of regimes, including those that are far from the limiting cases previously considered in the literature. These results settle the controversy of the relevance of the instanton approach for the prediction of the velocity gradient PDF tail exponents. They also demonstrate the usefulness of the instanton formalism in Burgers turbulence, and suggest that this approach may be applicable in other contexts, such as 2D and 3D turbulence in compressible and incompressible flows. Copyright (C) EPLA, 2015
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