Exponential decay of quasilinear Maxwell equations with interior conductivity (Q2291738)

This paper is concerned about the global-in-time solvability of the following quasilinear Maxwell system: \[ \partial_t(\epsilon(x,E(t,x))E(t,x))=curl H(t,x) - \sigma(x)E(t,x), ~~t\geq 0,\, x\in \Omega, \] \[ \partial_t(\mu(x,H(t,x))H(t,x))=-curl E(t,x), ~~t\geq 0,\, x\in \Omega, \] \[ E(t,x)\times \nu(x)=0, ~~\nu(x)\cdot \mu(x,H(t,x))H(t,x)=0, ~~t\geq 0,\, x\in \Gamma, \] \[ E(0,x)=E_0(x), ~~H(0,x)=H_0(x), ~~x\in \Omega,\] where \(\Omega \subset R^3\) is a simply connected bounded domain with a smooth boundary \(\Gamma\) in \(C^5\) and outer unit normal \(\nu\). Under proper assumptions on the initial fields \((E_0,H_0)\) and \(\epsilon, \mu, \sigma\) such that the underlying problem becomes a symmetric quasilinear hyperbolic system, the authors prove the global existence for the quasilinear system. The major tool is to prove the exponential decay and observability-type estimates for the fields \((E,H)\) and their time derivatives.