Chavanis, P. H.; Lemou, M. - In: The European Physical Journal B - Condensed Matter and … 59 (2007) 2, pp. 217-247
We develop the kinetic theory of point vortices in two-dimensional hydrodynamics and illustrate the main results of the theory with numerical simulations. We first consider the evolution of the system “as a whole” and show that the evolution of the vorticity profile is due to resonances...