Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics of the turbulent energy cascade: irreversibility and response functions
arXiv:2310.07470 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.109.014113
Abstract
The statistical properties of turbulent flows are fundamentally different from those of systems at equilibrium due to the presence of an energy flux from the scales of injection to those where energy is dissipated by the viscous forces: a scenario dubbed "direct energy cascade". From a statistical mechanics point of view, the cascade picture prevents the existence of detailed balance, which holds at equilibrium, e.g. in the inviscid and unforced case. Here, we aim at characterizing the non-equilibrium properties of turbulent cascades in a shell model of turbulence by studying an asymmetric time-correlation function and the relaxation behavior of an energy perturbation, measured at scales smaller or larger than the perturbed one. We shall contrast the behavior of these two observables in both non-equilibrium (forced and dissipated) and equilibrium (inviscid and unforced) cases. Finally, we shall show that equilibrium and non-equilibrium physics coexist in the same system, namely at scales larger and smaller, respectively, of the forcing scale.
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