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On instability of elliptical hetons

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Using the method of contour surgery, we examine the evolution of an initially vertically aligned elliptical heton. A classification of quasi-stable and unstable regimes for the case of two-layered vortex structure is suggested.

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Correspondence to Mikhail Sokolovskiy.

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Communicated by H. Aref

Investigation was conducted within the framework of the European Research Group “Regular and Chaotic Hydrodynamics”.

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Sokolovskiy, M., Verron, J., Carton, X. et al. On instability of elliptical hetons. Theor. Comput. Fluid Dyn. 24, 117–123 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00162-009-0107-8

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