Dynamical large deviations and long-range correlations for local weak wave turbulence
Abstract
Wave turbulence describes the statistical dynamics of dispersive waves with weakly nonlinear interactions. While the classical kinetic equation captures the mean evolution of the wave spectrum, the study of its fluctuations due to finite-size effects and intermittency requires a probabilistic framework for space-time trajectories of the spectrum dynamics. Following the previous large deviation theories for wave turbulence, we develop a simplification meant for qualitative and numerical predictions of measurable quantities. We derive a new large deviation principle in the case of local wave interactions. It fully characterizes typical and rare fluctuations of the spectrum. In a joint article, we obtain a theory which is a generalised form of Macroscopic Fluctuation Theory, but with 2 conserved quantities (mass and energy). In this paper, we use it to analyse the structure of the equation for Gaussian fluctuations around out-of-equilibrium spectra. In addition to the usual equilibrium contribution, we obtain long-range correlations, which can be decomposed into 3 contributions: one is driven by the flux in the bulk and another is driven by the forcing and its possible fluctuations. In addition, these contributions are computed for the first time with a method adapted to boundary conditions where only the fluxes are fixed. The results provide a general, replicable method for analyzing wave turbulence in more complex settings. Finally, the generalization of this theory to the inhomogeneous wave turbulence provides a possible explanation to the instability of the Kolmogorov-Zakharov spectra in some 1D inhomogeneous models with 4-wave interactions such as the Majda-McLaughlin-Tabak. This work opens the discussion regarding universal and non universal properties in two-point correlation functions. This opens new range of study on the phenomena of intermittency which is partially developed here.
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BibTeX
@misc{douet2026dynamical,
title = {{Dynamical large deviations and long-range correlations for local weak wave turbulence}},
author = {Brice Douet and Freddy Bouchet},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2606.12624},
eprint = {2606.12624},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.12624},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Dynamical large deviations and long-range correlations for local weak wave turbulence
AU - Brice Douet
AU - Freddy Bouchet
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/02
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2606.12624
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.12624
AB - Wave turbulence describes the statistical dynamics of dispersive waves with weakly nonlinear interactions. While the classical kinetic equation captures the mean evolution of the wave spectrum, the study of its fluctuations due to finite-size effects and intermittency requires a probabilistic framework for space-time trajectories of the spectrum dynamics. Following the previous large deviation theories for wave turbulence, we develop a simplification meant for qualitative and numerical predictions of measurable quantities. We derive a new large deviation principle in the case of local wave interactions. It fully characterizes typical and rare fluctuations of the spectrum. In a joint article, we obtain a theory which is a generalised form of Macroscopic Fluctuation Theory, but with 2 conserved quantities (mass and energy). In this paper, we use it to analyse the structure of the equation for Gaussian fluctuations around out-of-equilibrium spectra. In addition to the usual equilibrium contribution, we obtain long-range correlations, which can be decomposed into 3 contributions: one is driven by the flux in the bulk and another is driven by the forcing and its possible fluctuations. In addition, these contributions are computed for the first time with a method adapted to boundary conditions where only the fluxes are fixed. The results provide a general, replicable method for analyzing wave turbulence in more complex settings. Finally, the generalization of this theory to the inhomogeneous wave turbulence provides a possible explanation to the instability of the Kolmogorov-Zakharov spectra in some 1D inhomogeneous models with 4-wave interactions such as the Majda-McLaughlin-Tabak. This work opens the discussion regarding universal and non universal properties in two-point correlation functions. This opens new range of study on the phenomena of intermittency which is partially developed here.
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