Long time evolution of a pair of 2D viscous point vortices

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Main Authors: Zhang, Ping, Zhang, Yibin
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author Zhang, Ping
Zhang, Yibin
author_facet Zhang, Ping
Zhang, Yibin
contents This paper studies the long-time evolution of two point vortices under the 2D Navier-Stokes tokes equations. Starting from initial data given by a pair of Dirac measures, we derive an asymptotic expansion for the vorticity over time scales significantly longer than the advection time, yet shorter than the diffusion time. Building on previous works \cite{GS24-1, DG24}, we construct suitable approximate solutions $Ω_a$ and employ Arnold's method to define a nonlinear energy functional $E_\ve[\om]$, with respect to which the linearized operator $Λ^{E,\star}$ around $Ω_a$ is nearly skew-adjoint. A key innovation in this work is the introduction of ``pseudo-momenta'': $\varrho^e_a, \varrho^o_a,\varrho^{te}_a, \varrho^{to}_a$, which correspond to eigenfunctions or other nontrivial elements in invariant subspaces of $Λ^E$, derived from the Lie structure of the 2D Euler equations.
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spellingShingle Long time evolution of a pair of 2D viscous point vortices
Zhang, Ping
Zhang, Yibin
Analysis of PDEs
35Q30 76D05 76D17
This paper studies the long-time evolution of two point vortices under the 2D Navier-Stokes tokes equations. Starting from initial data given by a pair of Dirac measures, we derive an asymptotic expansion for the vorticity over time scales significantly longer than the advection time, yet shorter than the diffusion time. Building on previous works \cite{GS24-1, DG24}, we construct suitable approximate solutions $Ω_a$ and employ Arnold's method to define a nonlinear energy functional $E_\ve[\om]$, with respect to which the linearized operator $Λ^{E,\star}$ around $Ω_a$ is nearly skew-adjoint. A key innovation in this work is the introduction of ``pseudo-momenta'': $\varrho^e_a, \varrho^o_a,\varrho^{te}_a, \varrho^{to}_a$, which correspond to eigenfunctions or other nontrivial elements in invariant subspaces of $Λ^E$, derived from the Lie structure of the 2D Euler equations.
title Long time evolution of a pair of 2D viscous point vortices
topic Analysis of PDEs
35Q30 76D05 76D17
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03991