Cascades in helical turbulence

Abstract
We suggest the existence of a characteristic inner scale ξ for helicity dissipation in a regime of hydrodynamic fully developed turbulence and estimate it on dimensional grounds. This scale is always larger than the Kolmogorov scale η and their ratio η/ξ vanishes in the high Reynolds number limit, so the flow will always be helicity free in the small scales. These ideas are illustrated in a shell model of turbulence.

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