Two Different Rapid Decorrelation in Time Limits for Turbulent Diffusion

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 87-136

  Kramer, Peter R ^a  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence of probability measures; Feynman Kac formula; Kraichnan model; Levy Khinchine theorem; Poisson process; Turbulent diffusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037210432     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021066611474     Document Type: Article

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