Speaker
Saumav Kapoor (ICTS-TIFR, Bengaluru)
Date & Time
Wed, 15 April 2026, 15:30 to 17:30
Venue
Madhava Lecture Hall
Resources
Abstract
Vortex dominated flows are ubiquitous in nature, ranging from turbulence to oceans to protoplanetary disks. Clustering of inertial particles in similar contexts is essential to many natural processes. I will talk about how the geometry of vortices, especially during their reconnection, relates to energy, helicity and enstrophy dynamics. Then I will talk about how a systemic rotation can cause clustering of inertial particles of varying sizes and densities near vortices, which is robust to various external perturbations to the flow field.
Zoom link: https://icts-res-in.zoom.us/j/92403337959?pwd=nFKyQFUYTWSfoWMVCQ1lz7oGMqLSaG.1
Meeting ID: 924 0333 7959
Passcode: 090904