%0 Journal Article %1 PhysRevLett.57.2157 %A Pierrehumbert, R. T. %D 1986 %I American Physical Society %J Physical Review Letters %K 76e09-stability-and-instability-of-nonparallel-flows %N 17 %P 2157--2159 %R 10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.2157 %T Universal short-wave instability of two-dimensional eddies in an inviscid fluid %U https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.2157 %V 57 %X It is shown that a broad class of two-dimensional vortices occurring in the flow of an incompressible, inviscid fluid are unstable to three-dimensional perturbations. At short wavelengths along the vortex axis the growth rate becomes independent of wavelength, and the eigenmode becomes concentrated near the center of the vortex.

@article{PhysRevLett.57.2157, abstract = {It is shown that a broad class of two-dimensional vortices occurring in the flow of an incompressible, inviscid fluid are unstable to three-dimensional perturbations. At short wavelengths along the vortex axis the growth rate becomes independent of wavelength, and the eigenmode becomes concentrated near the center of the vortex.}, added-at = {2019-10-31T23:29:08.000+0100}, author = {Pierrehumbert, R. T.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/270080575ca739438ec557bca1620b367/gdmcbain}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.2157}, interhash = {7d254b168ec0f954542d25105b0ccb2c}, intrahash = {70080575ca739438ec557bca1620b367}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {76e09-stability-and-instability-of-nonparallel-flows}, month = oct, number = 17, numpages = {0}, pages = {2157--2159}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, timestamp = {2019-10-31T23:29:08.000+0100}, title = {Universal short-wave instability of two-dimensional eddies in an inviscid fluid}, url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.2157}, volume = 57, year = 1986 }