Passive scalar turbulence in high dimensions

Abstract

Exploiting a Lagrangian strategy we present a numerical study for both perturbative and nonperturbative regions of the Kraichnan advection model. The major result is the numerical assessment of the first-order $1/d$-expansion by M. Chertkov, G. Falkovich, I. Kolokolov and V. Lebedev ({\it Phys. Rev. E}, {\bf 52}, 4924 (1995)) for the fourth-order scalar structure function in the limit of high dimensions $d$'s. %Two values of the velocity scaling exponent $\xi$ have been considered: %$\xi =0.8$ and $\xi =0.6$. In the first case, the perturbative regime %takes place at $d\sim 30$, while in the second at $d\sim 25$, %in agreement with the fact that the relevant small parameter %of the theory is $\propto 1/(d(2-\xi ))$. In addition to the perturbative results, the behavior of the anomaly for the sixth-order structure functions {\it vs} the velocity scaling exponent, $\xi$, is investigated and the resulting behavior discussed.

4 pages, Latex, 4 figures

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