0 M ar 1 99 8 Helicity advection in Turbulent Models
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Helicity transfer in a shell model of turbulence is investigated. In particular, we study the scaling behavior of helicity transfer in a dynamical model of turbulence lacking inversion symmetry. We present some phenomenological and numerical support to the idea that Helicity becomes -at scale small enougha passively-advected quantity. “oυτoι συνǫχθǫιν, αλλα συμφιλǫιν ǫφυν” ANTIΓONH “non sono nata per condividere l’odio, ma l’amore”
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