Anomalous scaling in the model of turbulent advection of a vector field

We consider the model of turbulent advection of a passive vector field ϕ by a two-dimensional random velocity field uncorrelated in time and having Gaussian statistics with a powerlike correlator. The renormalization group and operator product expansion methods show that the asymptotic form of the structure functions of the ϕ field in the inertial range is determined by the fluctuations of the energy dissipation rate. The dependence of the asymptotic form on the external turbulence scale is essential and has a powerlike form (anomalous scaling). The corresponding exponents are determined by the spectrum of the anomalous dimension matrices of operator families consisting of gradients of ϕ. We find a basis constructed from powers of the dissipation and enstrophy operators in which these matrices have a triangular form in all orders of the perturbation theory. In the two-loop approximation, we evaluate the anomalous-scaling exponents for the structure functions of an arbitrary order. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 146, No. 3, pp. 467–487, March, 2006.     

Transfer of a Passive Vector Admixture by a Two-Dimensional Turbulent Flow

We consider a model of a passive vector field transfer by a random two-dimensional transverse velocity field that is uncorrelated in time and has Gaussian spatial statistics given by a powerlike correlator. We use the renormalization group and the operator product expansion techniques to show that the asymptotic approximation of the structure functions of a vector field in the inertial range is determined by the energy dissipation fluctuations. The dependence of the asymptotic approximation on the external scale of turbulence is essential and has a powerlike form (the case of an anomalous scaling). The corresponding exponents are calculated in the one-loop approximation for structure functions of an arbitrary order.     

Critical dimensions of composite operators in the nonlinear σ-model

A general scheme for calculating critical exponents of an arbitrary system of composite operators mixed by a renormalization procedure is presented using 1/N expansion. Restrictions imposed on the mixing matrix by the conformal invariance are investigated. The anomalous dimensions of all powerlike products of an auxiliary field are calculated up to the second order in 1/N. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 116, No. 3, pp. 379–400. September, 1998.     

Composite operators,operator expansion,and Galilean invariance in the theory of fully developed turbulence. Infrared corrections to Kolmogorov scaling

The quantum-field renormalization group and operator expansion are used to investigate the infrared asymptotic behavior of the velocity correlation function in the theory of fully developed turbulence. The scaling dimensions of all composite operators constructed from the velocity field and its time derivatives are calculated, and their contributions to the operator expansion are determined. It is shown that the asymptotic behavior of the equal-time correlation function is determined by Galilean-invariant composite operators. The corrections to the Kolmogorov spectrum associated with the operators of canonical dimension 6 are found. The consequences of Galilean invariance for the renormalized composite operators are considered.State University, St. Petersburg. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 100, No. 3, pp. 382–401, September, 1994.     

Scaling in landscape erosion: Renormalization group analysis of a model with infinitely many couplings

Applying the standard field theory renormalization group to the model of landscape erosion introduced by Pastor-Satorras and Rothman yields unexpected results: the model is multiplicatively renormalizable only if it involves infinitely many coupling constants (i.e., the corresponding renormalization group equations involve infinitely many β-functions). We show that the one-loop counterterm can nevertheless be expressed in terms of a known function V (h) in the original stochastic equation and its derivatives with respect to the height field h. Its Taylor expansion yields the full infinite set of the one-loop renormalization constants, β-functions, and anomalous dimensions. Instead of a set of fixed points, there arises a two-dimensional surface of fixed points that quite probably contains infrared attractive regions. If that is the case, then the model exhibits scaling behavior in the infrared range. The corresponding critical exponents turn out to be nonuniversal because they depend on the coordinates of the fixed point on the surface, but they satisfy certain universal exact relations.     

Renormalization group, operator expansion, and anomalous scaling in a simple model of turbulent diffusion

Using the renormalization group method and the operator expansion in the Obukhov-Kraichnan model that describes the intermixing of a passive scalar admixture by a random Gaussian field of velocities with the correlator 〈v(t,x)v(t′,x)〉−〈v(t,x)v(t′,x′)〉∝δ(t−t′)|x−x′|^ε, we prove that the anomalous scaling in the inertial interval is caused by the presence of “dangerous” composite operators (powers of the local dissipation rate) whose negative critical dimensions determine the anomalous exponents. These exponents are calculated up to the second order of the ε expansion. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 120, No. 2, pp. 309–314, August, 1999.     

Renormalization group in the theory of developed turbulence. The problem of justifying the Kolmogorov hypotheses for composite operators

In this paper, the stochastic theory of developed turbulence is considered within the framework of the quantum field renormalization group and operator expansions. The problem of justifying the Kolmogorov-Obukhov theorem in application to the correlation functions of composite operators is discussed. An explicit expression is found for the critical dimension of a general-type composite operator. For an arbitrary UV-finite composite operator, the second Kolmogorov hypothesis (the viscosity-independence of the correlator) is proved and the dependence of various correlators on the external turbulence scale is determined. It is shown that the problem involves an infinite number of Galilean-invariant scalar operators with negative critical dimensions. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 110, No. 1, pp. 122–136, January, 1997.     

Polymer stars in three dimensions. Three-loop results

We study the scaling properties of self-avoiding polymer stars and networks of arbitrarily given but fixed topologies. We use the massive field theory renormalization group framework to calculate the critical exponents governing the universal properties (star exponents). Calculations are performed directly in three dimensions; renormalization group functions are obtained in the three-loop approximation. Resulting asymptotic series for the star exponents are resummed with the help of the Padé-Borel and conformal mapping transformations.Republished from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 108, No. 1, pp. 34–50, October, 1996.     

Sparse tensor edge elements

We consider the tensorized operator for the Maxwell cavity source problem in frequency domain. Such formulations occur when computing statistical moments of the fields under a stochastic volume excitation. We establish a discrete inf-sup condition for its Ritz-Galerkin discretization on sparse tensor product edge element spaces built on nested sequences of meshes. Our main tool is a generalization of the edge element Fortin projector to a tensor product setting. The techniques extend to the surface boundary edge element discretization of tensorized electric field integral equation operators.     

Renormalization group and the <Emphasis Type="Italic">ɛ</Emphasis>-expansion: Representation of the <Emphasis Type="Italic">β</Emphasis>-function and anomalous dimensions by nonsingular integrals

In the framework of the renormalization group and the ɛ-expansion, we propose expressions for the β-function and anomalous dimensions in terms of renormalized one-irreducible functions. These expressions are convenient for numerical calculations. We choose the renormalization scheme in which the quantities calculated using R operations are represented by integrals that do not contain singularities in ɛ. We develop a completely automated calculation system starting from constructing diagrams, determining relevant subgraphs, combinatorial coefficients, etc., up to determining critical exponents. As an example, we calculate the critical exponents of the φ ³ model in the order ɛ ⁴ .     

Renormalization group approach and short-distance expansion in theory of developed turbulence: Asymptotics of the triplex equal-time correlation function

Asymptotics of the triplex equal-time correlation function for the turbulence developed in incompressible fluids in the region of widely separated wave vector values is investigated using the renormalization group approach and short-distance expansion. The problem of the most essential composite operators contributing to these asymptotics is examined. For this purpose, the critical dimensions of a family of composite quadratic tensor operators in the velocity gradient are found. Considered in the one-loop approximation, the contribution of these operators turns out to be less substantial (although not significantly) than the contribution of the linear term. The derived asymptotics of the triplex correlator coincide in form with that predicted by the EDQNM approximation.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 105, No. 3, pp. 450–461, December, 1995.     

Influence of hydrodynamic fluctuations on the phase transition in the E and F models of critical dynamics

We use the renormalization group method to study the E model of critical dynamics in the presence of velocity fluctuations arising in accordance with the stochastic Navier-Stokes equation. Using the Martin-Siggia-Rose theorem, we obtain a field theory model that allows a perturbative renormalization group analysis. By direct power counting and an analysis of ultraviolet divergences, we show that the model is multiplicatively renormalizable, and we use a two-parameter expansion in ∈ and δ to calculate the renormalization constants. Here, ∈ is the deviation from the critical dimension four, and δ is the deviation from the Kolmogorov regime. We present the results of the one-loop approximation and part of the fixedpoint structure. We briefly discuss the possible effect of velocity fluctuations on the arge-scale behavior of the model.     

Renormalization group in the problem of fully developed turbulence of a compressible fluid

A model of fully developed turbulence of a compressible liquid (gas), based on the stochastic Navier-Stokes equation, is considered by means of the renormalization group. It is proved that the model is multiplicatively renormalized in terms of the “velocity-logarithm of density” variables. The scaling dimensions of the fields and parameters are calculated in the one-loop approximation. Dependence of the effective sound velocity and the Mach number on the integral turbulence scale L is studied. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 110, No. 3, pp. 385–398, March, 1997.     

Backgrounds in boundary string field theory

We study the role of closed string backgrounds in boundary string field theory. Background independence requires introducing dual boundary fields, which are reminiscent of the doubled field formalism. We find a correspondence between closed string backgrounds and collective excitations of open strings described by vertex operators involving the dual fields. We discuss the renormalization group flow, solutions, and stability in an example.     

Corrections to fully developed turbulent spectra due to compressibility of the fluid

We construct the regular expansion at small compressibilities for the theory of fully developed turbulence of an isotropic homogeneous compressible fluid with MSR-type action. The parameter of the expansion is the Mach numberMa. For the inertial range of a compressible fluid, we study the infrared singularities determined by the transverse fields, which are used in the theory of incompressible fluids. These singularities are connected with the composite operators of transverse fields that are investigated by the quantum field renormalization group method. As a result, it is shown that the transverse fields induce scaling behavior with theMa scaling dimension equal to 1/3 (i.e.,Ma k^–1/3 is the dimensionless scaling parameter of the correlation functions in the inertial range).Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 106, No. 3, pp. 375–389, March, 1996.Translated by L. O. Chekhov.     

A theory of tensor products for modulé categories for a vertex operator algebra, IV

This is the fourth part in a series of papers developing a tensor product theory of modules for a vertex operator algebra. In this paper, we establish the associativity of P(z)-tensor products for nonzero complex numbers z constructed in Part III of the present series under suitable conditions. The associativity isomorphisms constructed in this paper are analogous to associativity isomorphisms for vector space tensor products in the sense that they relate the tensor products of three elements in three modules taken in different ways. The main new feature is that they are controlled by the decompositions of certain spheres with four punctures into spheres with three punctures using a sewing operation. We also show that under certain conditions, the existence of the associativity isomorphisms is equivalent to the associativity (or (nonmeromorphic) operator product expansion in the language of physicists) for the intertwining operators (or chiral vertex operators). Thus the associativity of tensor products provides a means to establish the (nonmeromorphic) operator product expansion.     

Effect of compressibility on the annihilation process

Using the renormalization group in the perturbation theory, we study the influence of a random velocity field on the kinetics of the single-species annihilation reaction at and below its critical dimension d _c = 2. The advecting velocity field is modeled by a Gaussian variable self-similar in space with a finite-radius time correlation (the Antonov-Kraichnan model). We take the effect of the compressibility of the velocity field into account and analyze the model near its critical dimension using a three-parameter expansion in ∈, Δ, and η, where ∈ is the deviation from the Kolmogorov scaling, Δ is the deviation from the (critical) space dimension two, and η is the deviation from the parabolic dispersion law. Depending on the values of these exponents and the compressiblity parameter α, the studied model can exhibit various asymptotic (long-time) regimes corresponding to infrared fixed points of the renormalization group. We summarize the possible regimes and calculate the decay rates for the mean particle number in the leading order of the perturbation theory.     

Heisenberg representation of second-quantized fields in stationary external fields and nonlinear dielectric media

The Heisenberg formalism for the creation and annihilation operators of quantized fields in stationary external fields is developed. Fields with spin 0, 1/2, 1 are considered in external electromagnetic and scalar fields and in a field of stationary dielectric properties of a nonlinear medium. An elliptic operator that depends on the time as a parameter and whose eigenfunctions can be used to expand the field variables in the Heisenberg representation is constructed. The connection between the creation and annihilation Heisenberg operators and the operators found by diagonalizing the Hamiltonian by Bogolyubov transformations is established. Heisenberg equations of motion are obtained for external fields of arbitrary form. The phenomenological Hamiltonian that is widely used to describe parametric generation of light is derived in the framework of the quantum field theory, and the limits of applicability of the Hamiltonian are established.Technological Institute, St. Petersburg. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 97, No. 3, pp. 431–451, December, 1993.     

The Small Deborah Number Limit of the Doi‐Onsager Equation to the Ericksen‐Leslie Equation

We present a rigorous derivation of the Ericksen‐Leslie equation starting from the Doi‐Onsager equation by the Hilbert expansion method. The existence of the Hilbert expansion is related to an open question of whether the energy of the Ericksen‐Leslie equation is dissipated. On this point, we show that the energy is dissipated for the Ericksen‐Leslie equation derived from the Doi‐Onsager equation. The most difficult step is to prove a uniform bound for the remainder of the Hilbert expansion. This step is connected to the spectral stability of the linearized Doi‐Onsager operator around a critical point and the lower bound estimate for a bilinear form associated with the linearized operator. By introducing two important auxiliary operators, we can obtain the detailed spectral information for the linearized operator around all the critical points. We establish a precise lower bound of the bilinear form by introducing a five‐dimensional space called the Maier‐Saupe space.© 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

On the boundary value problem for the Sturm–Liouville equation with the discontinuous coefficient

We consider a boundary value problem for the Sturm–Liouville equation with piecewise‐constant leading coefficient. We prove that some integral representations for the solutions of the considered equation can be obtained by using classical transformation operators for the Sturm–Liouville operator at the end points of a finite interval. We also investigate the spectral characteristics of the boundary value problem, prove the completeness and expansion theorem. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.