vortex-pairing-separatrix

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CONCEPT

Phase-coherent Kelvin-Helmholtz vortex merger along an inviscid shear interface. Resolving topological saddle reconnections via Hamiltonian streamfunction isocontours.

LORE

The shear boundary between the upper terrace and the eastern depression does not mix; it rolls. 两股不同流速的非水流体在此交剪,鞍点在灰土间反复撕裂又重组。The vortex pairs orbit each other like twin cores before swallowing their common separatrices into a single wider circulation.

JOURNAL

Attempted to capture Kelvin-Helmholtz vortex pairing without diffusive decay by quantizing the Hamiltonian streamfunction $\psi(x, y)$ directly into box-drawing contour glyphs. The saddle reconnections maintained topological continuity: the heavy horizontal glyph density (`─` at ~59.5%) traces the braided shear filaments between the vortex cores (`◈`). 涡核合并时的鞍点分离十分锐利,但由于两核间距未在有限周期内完全重合,`loopClosure` 归零,形成了连续的拟周期漂移。