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For a nonseparating small body in a smooth nearly inviscid eddy of speed $U$ and length $\ell$, the fluctuating resultant is an added mass or pressure-gradient force $F\sim {\rho }_0{a}^3{U}^2/\ell$. A uniform pressure integrates to zero over a closed surface. With time $\ell /U$, its acoustic dipole power divided by the eddy's acoustic quadrupole power is $(a/\ell {)}^6/M^2$, where $M=U/c_0$ is the Mach number. Equal powers therefore give the displayed threshold. An area-scaled separated drag force with the same eddy time instead gives $a/\ell \sim \sqrt{M}$; a body-scale time gives a different criterion. The threshold depends on the specified loading and time models.

In two dimensions, the outgoing harmonic Helmholtz equation kernel has magnitude proportional to $(k_{0}r{)}^{-1/2}$. Combining this spreading with the compact acoustic quadrupole source and $k_0\ell =O(M)$ changes the density-amplitude Mach number power to $7/2$ when geometric range is separated.