Gravitomagnetic relativistic effects on turbulence

Abstract

The dynamics of fluid-matter under the influence of gravitomagnetic fields are formulated and solved for the case of fully developed turbulence. Gravitomagnetic effects reduce the vortical complexity and nonlinearity of turbulence, even leading to its extinction within large volumes, and generate departures from Kolmogorov turbulence scalings, that are explained via a combination of dimensional and exact analysis arguments.