Calculus of Variations and Geometric Measure Theory

M. Bagnara - D. Boutros - C. De Lellis - S. Mayboroda

Regularity thresholds for anomalous dissipation and related phenomena in passive scalars

created by delellis on 12 Apr 2026

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Preprint

Inserted: 12 apr 2026

Year: 2026

ArXiv: 2603.11466 PDF

Abstract:

We prove the absence of anomalous dissipation for passive scalars driven by some random autonomous divergence-free vector fields in $\mathbb T^d$. In dimension $d=2$ we just need continuity almost surely and a mild nondegeneracy condition on the randomness. In dimension $d\geq 3$ we assume a special geometric structure and almost sure H\"older regularity with a H\"older exponent bigger than $\frac{1}{8}$. No regularity is assumed on the passive scalar except for boundedness in the initial data. The proof relies on dimension-theoretic arguments, as opposed to commutator estimates. A consequence of these results is that the same assumptions prevent (almost surely) many other expected properties of turbulent flows, such as anomalous regularization, the Yaglom-Obukhov-Corrsin law, and Richardson diffusion.