Singular sensitivity in a Keller-Segel-fluid system (Q1670259)

The authors consider the system of full parabolic chemotaxis-fluid equations with a singular chemotactic sensitivity function \(\chi\log c\) in bounded smooth domains of \(\mathbb R^N\), \(N=2\) and \(N=3\). This system describes situation when cells and signal substance are assumed to be transported by a fluid, and the Weber-Fechner law of stimulus perception is assumed. Their main result is the global in time existence of solutions of Keller-Segel-Stokes model in \(N=3\) dimension, and of Keller-Segel-Navier-Stokes model in two dimensions \(N=2\), under the assumption that \(0<\chi<\sqrt{\frac{2}{N}}\).