Equivariant bifurcations in a non-local model of ferromagnetic materials (Q2406500)

The article refers to a non-local evolution equation which arises as a continuum limit of the one-dimensional Ising spin systems with Glauber dynamics and Kac potential, the unknown function \(u(r,t)\) representing a magnetization density. The equation is restricted to a certain subspace of periodic functions. The aim of the work here is to investigate the existence of solutions bifurcating from the trivial solution of the model. The local bifurcation result is obtained by applying the well-known equivariant branching theorem. Further, one proves that under some special assumptions, the curve of equilibria bifurcating the trivial curve can be globally continued. Glauber evolution with Kac potential models have been intensively studied, for instance by \textit{A. De Masi} et al. [Nonlinearity 7, No. 3, 633--696 (1994; Zbl 0797.60088)].