1210.4066 (Jonathan Zrake et al.)

Spectral and Intermittency Properties of Relativistic Turbulence    [PDF]

Jonathan Zrake, Andrew MacFadyen

High-resolution numerical simulations are utilized to examine isotropic turbulence in a compressible fluid when long wavelength velocity fluctuations approach light speed. Spectral analysis reveals an inertial sub-range of relativistic motions with a broadly 5/3 index. The use of generalized Lorentz-covariant structure functions based on the four-velocity is proposed. These structure functions extend the She-Leveque model for intermittency into the relativistic regime.

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