Contributor info: Dr Thomas Machon

Brook J. Hocking, Thomas Machon

SciPost Phys. 14, 080 (2023) · published 24 April 2023 | Toggle abstract · pdf

A continuum theory of linearized Helmholtz-Kirchoff point vortex dynamics about a steadily rotating lattice state is developed by two separate methods: firstly by a direct procedure, secondly by taking the long-wavelength limit of Tkachenko's exact solution for a triangular vortex lattice. Solutions to the continuum theory are found, described by arbitrary anti-holomorphic functions, and give power-law localized edge modes. Numerical results for finite lattices show excellent agreement to the theory.