title: Persistence in advection of a passive scalar.
abstract: We consider the persistence phenomenon in advected passive scalar equation in one dimension. The velocity field is random with the v(k,omega)v(-k,-omega) approximately mid R:kmid R:;{-(2+alpha)} . In the presence of the nonlinearity the complete Green's function becomes G;{-1}=-iomega+Dk2+Sigma . We determine Sigma self-consistently from the correlation function which gives Sigma approximately k;{beta} , with beta=(1-alpha)2 . The effect of the nonlinear term in the equation in the O(;{2}) is to replace the diffusion term due to molecular viscosity by an effective term of the form Sigma_{0}k;{beta} . The stationary correlator for this system is [sech(T2)];{1beta} . Using the self-consistent theory we have determined the relation between beta and alpha . Finally, the independent interval approximation (IIA) method is used to determine the persistent exponent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Theoretical Physics, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India. tpdc2@mahendra.iacs.res.in
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authors.lastname: Chakraborty