String Theory and Turbulence

Dec, 2009
13 pages
Published in:
  • Mod.Phys.Lett.A 25 (2010) 2541-2553
e-Print:
Report number:
  • QMUL-PH-09-30,
  • VPI-IPNAS-09-14

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Abstract: (arXiv)
We propose a string theory of turbulence that explains the Kolmogorov scaling in 3+1 dimensions and the Kraichnan and Kolmogorov scalings in 2+1 dimensions. This string theory of turbulence should be understood in light of the AdS/CFT dictionary. Our argument is crucially based on the use of Migdal's loop variables and the self-consistent solutions of Migdal's loop equations for turbulence. In particular, there is an area law for turbulence in 2+1 dimensions related to the Kraichnan scaling.
  • String theory
  • turbulence
  • dimension: 3
  • dimension: 4
  • scaling
  • string model
  • turbulence
  • AdS/CFT correspondence
  • space-time: foam