Emergence of Isotropy and Dynamic Scaling in 2D Wave Turbulence in a Homogeneous Bose Gas

Phys Rev Lett. 2022 Nov 4;129(19):190402. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.190402.

Abstract

We realize a turbulent cascade of wave excitations in a homogeneous 2D Bose gas and probe on all relevant time and length scales how it builds up from small to large momenta, until the system reaches a steady state with matching energy injection and dissipation. This all-scales view directly reveals the two theoretically expected cornerstones of turbulence formation-the emergence of statistical momentum-space isotropy under anisotropic forcing and the spatiotemporal scaling of the momentum distribution at times before any energy is dissipated.