Internal stabilization of Maxwell's equations in heterogeneous media (Q2495040)

The internal stabilization of Maxwell's equations with Ohm's law with space variable coefficients in a bounded region with a smooth boundary is described concisely as the matrix equation \[ \frac{\partial{\Phi}}{\partial{t}}=A\Phi,\;\Phi(0)=\Phi_{0},\tag{1} \] where \(\Phi=\binom {D}{B}.\) Let \(H\) be a Hilbert space, \(D(A), A\) certain operators somehow connected to \(H\). Now \(A\) generates a \(C_{0}\)-semigroup of contraction \(T(t)\). The main theorem of section 2 concerns the well-posedness of the problem: For all \(\Phi_{0}\in{H},\) the problem (1) has a weak solution \(\Phi\in{C([0,\infty),H)}\) given by \(\Phi=T(t)\Phi_{0}\). If moreover, \(\Phi_{0}\in{D(A)},\) (1) has a strong solution \(\Phi\in{C}([0,\infty),D(A))\cap{C}^{1}([0,\infty),H)\). In section 3 a proof of the observability estimate when \(\omega\) is a small neighbourhood of the boundary is given. Let the energy of our system be given by \[ \mathcal{E}(t)=\frac{1}{2}\int_{\Omega} (\lambda(x)| D(x,t)| ^{2}+\mu(x)| B(x,t)| ^{2})\,dx. \] In the final section a proof of the exponential decay of the energy is given. There exist \(C\geq{1}\) and \(\gamma>0\), such that \[ \mathcal{E}(t)\leq{C}e^{-\gamma{t}}\mathcal{E}(0), \] for every solution \((D,B)\) with certain initial values.