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The European Physical Journal B
ISSN: 1434-6028 (printed version)
ISSN: 1434-6036 (electronic version)
Abstract Volume 4 Issue 2 (1998) pp 143-146
rapid note: Truncated Lévy laws and 2D turbulence
B. Dubrulle (1)(2) (a), J.-P. Laval (3)
(1) CNRS (URA 2052), CEA/DAPNIA/SAp L'Orme des Merisiers, 709, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
(2) CNRS (URA 285), Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, 14 avenue E. Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
(3) CEA/DAPNIA/SAp L'Orme des Merisiers, 709, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Received: 29 October 1997 / Revised: 12 February 1998 / Accepted: 10 April 1998
Abstract: We study the probability distribution functions and scaling properties of truncated Lévy processes with sharp cut-offs. We find that they display features analog to those observed in some 2D numerical simulations of turbulence.
PACS. 47.27.Eq Turbulence simulation and modeling - 05.40.+j Fluctuation phenomena, random processes, and Brownian motion - 02.50.-r Probability theory, stochastic processes, and statistics
(a) email: bdubru@ariane.saclay.cea.fr ou dubrulle@srvdec.obs-mip.fr
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Online publication: August 10, 1998
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