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The geometry of the phase diffusion equation (English)
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7 May 2000
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The authors consider the Cross-Newell phase diffusion equation \(\tau(|\vec k|) \Theta_T= -\nabla\cdot (B(|\vec k|) \cdot\vec k)\), \(\vec k=\nabla \Theta\) and its regularization, which describes natural patterns and defects far from onsel in large aspect ratio systems with rotational symmetry. They construct explicit solutions of the nonregularized equation and examine its weak solutions. This idea is confirmed by studying a fourth-order regularized equation in the limit of infinite aspect ratio. The stationary solutions of this equation include the minimizers of free energy, and it is shown that these minimizers can be remarkably well approximated by a second-order ``self-dual'' equation. Using the results of \textit{W. Jin} and \textit{R. V. Kohn} [J. Nonlinear Sci. 10, No. 3, 355-390, doi:10.1007/s003329910014 (2000; Zbl 0973.49009)], the authors demonstrate that the energy of asymptotic minimizers converges to self-dual solutions in a viscosity limit.
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Legendre transform
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asymptotic minimizer of free energy
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second-order self-dual equation
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Cross-Newell phase diffusion equation
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large aspect ratio systems
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rotational symmetry
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nonregularized equation
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weak solution
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fourth-order regularized equation
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self-dual solution
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viscosity limit
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