Diffusion effects in a superconductive model (Q2391353)

The paper studies the Dirichlet initial-boundary value problem for a semi-linear equation which describes the evolution of the phase \(u\) inside an exponentially shaped Josephson junction by using the proper source term. The semi-linear equation is a semi-linear hyperbolic equation, perturbed by viscous terms which are described by higher-order derivatives with small diffusion coefficients \(\varepsilon\). When \(\varepsilon \equiv 0\), the initial parabolic equation turns into a hyperbolic equation and the influence of the dissipative terms on the wave behavior of \(u_0\) can be estimated on the base of the difference \(r(x,t,\varepsilon) = u(x,t,\varepsilon) - u_0(x,t,\varepsilon)\), where \(x\) and \(t\) are space coordinate and time, respectively. In order to evaluate the diffusion effects, a rigorous estimate of the reminder term \(r\) is found. By means of a rapidly converging Fourier series, the solution of the problem related to \(r\) is determined both in the linear and the nonlinear case. Besides, some classes of solutions of a hyperbolic equation are determined, proving that there exists at least one solution whose derivatives are bounded. Since a hyperbolic equation admits solutions with bounded derivatives, an estimate for the remainder term \(r\) is achieved by proving that the diffusion effects are bounded both when \(\varepsilon\) goes to zero and when the time \(t\) tends to infinity. This investigation is conducted by using the Green function method.