Conserved Pseudomomenta in Linear Quasigeostrophic Fluid Flows From Noether's Theorem

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Main Authors: Begus, Dusan, Zhang, Chenyu, Marston, J. B.
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author Begus, Dusan
Zhang, Chenyu
Marston, J. B.
author_facet Begus, Dusan
Zhang, Chenyu
Marston, J. B.
contents Hamiltonian and Lagrangian formulations for the two-dimensional quasi-geostrophic equations linearized about a zonally-symmetric basic flow are presented. The Lagrangian and Hamiltonian exhibit an infinite U(1) symmetry due to the absence of wave + wave -> wave interactions in the linearized approximation. By Noether's theorem the symmetry has a corresponding infinite set of conservation laws which are the well-known pseudomomenta. There exist separately conserved pseudomomenta at each zonal wavenumber, a point that has sometimes been obscured in past treatments.
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spellingShingle Conserved Pseudomomenta in Linear Quasigeostrophic Fluid Flows From Noether's Theorem
Begus, Dusan
Zhang, Chenyu
Marston, J. B.
Fluid Dynamics
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Hamiltonian and Lagrangian formulations for the two-dimensional quasi-geostrophic equations linearized about a zonally-symmetric basic flow are presented. The Lagrangian and Hamiltonian exhibit an infinite U(1) symmetry due to the absence of wave + wave -> wave interactions in the linearized approximation. By Noether's theorem the symmetry has a corresponding infinite set of conservation laws which are the well-known pseudomomenta. There exist separately conserved pseudomomenta at each zonal wavenumber, a point that has sometimes been obscured in past treatments.
title Conserved Pseudomomenta in Linear Quasigeostrophic Fluid Flows From Noether's Theorem
topic Fluid Dynamics
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09061