Convergence to diffusion waves for nonlinear evolution equations with different end states (Q2473879)

The authors consider the Cauchy problem \[ \begin{aligned} \psi_t&= -(1-\alpha)\psi+ \psi\psi_x+ (f(\theta))_x+ \alpha\psi_{xx},\\ \theta_t&= -(1-\alpha)\theta+ \nu\psi_x+ (\psi(\theta))_x+ \alpha\theta_{xx} \end{aligned} \] with initial data \[ (\psi(x,0), \theta(x, 0))= (\psi_0(x), \theta_0(x))\to (\psi_{\pm},\theta_{\pm})\text{ as }x\to\pm\infty. \] Under suitable assumptions on the data the authors obtain the globl existence of solutions, and study their decay rates. To this end, they use energy method.