Blowing-up of solution for a nonlocal reaction-diffusion problem in combustion theory (Q1191815)

In a nonlocal reaction-diffusion model in combustion theory the reaction function involves a physical parameter \(\sigma\) which is a measure of the strength of the reaction mechanism. The purpose of this paper is to show the existence of a critical value \(\sigma^*\) such that for \(\sigma<\sigma^*\) a unique global time-dependent solution exists and converges to a steady-state solution as \(t\to\infty\), and for \(\sigma>\sigma^*\) the solution blows-up in finite time. A characterization as well as upper and lower bounds of \(\sigma^*\) are given.