Maximal attractor for an Ostwald ripening model (Q2518278)

A family of phase-field models that couples a Cahn-Hilliard with several Allen-Cahn equations: \[ \begin{cases} \partial_tc=\nabla\cdot[D\nabla (\partial_c{\mathcal F}-\kappa_c\Delta c)],\quad &(x,t)\in\Omega_T,\\ \partial_t\theta_i=-L_i (\partial_{\theta_i}{\mathcal F}-\kappa_i\Delta \theta_i),\quad &(x,t)\in\Omega_T,\\ \partial_nc=\partial_n(\partial_c {\mathcal F}-\kappa_c\Delta c)=\partial_n \theta_i =0,\quad &(x,t)\in S_T,\\ c(x,0)=c_0(x),\;\theta_i(x,0)=\theta_{i0}(x), \quad &x \in\Omega, \end{cases}\tag{1} \] for \(i=1,\dots,p\) are considered. Here \(\Omega\) is a bounded domain in \(\mathbb{R}^n\), \(n=1,2,3\); and \(D,\kappa_C,L_k,\kappa_i\) are positive constants. It is assumed that the local free energy \({\mathcal F}\) has the following form: \[ \begin{multlined} {\mathcal F}(c,\theta_1, \dots,\theta_p)=-\frac{A}{2}(c-c_\mu)^2+\frac{B} {4}(c-c_\mu)^4+\frac{D_\alpha} {4}(c-c_\alpha)^4\\ +\frac{D_\beta}{4}(c-c_\beta)^4-\gamma\sum^p_{i=1} g(c, \theta_i)+\frac{\delta}{4}\sum^p_{i=1} \theta^4_i+ \sum^p_{i=1}\sum^p_{i\neq j=1} \varepsilon_{ij}f(\theta_i,\theta_j). \end{multlined} \] The functions \(f\) and \(g\) are assumed to satisfy some properties, \(A,B,D_\alpha,D_\beta,\gamma,\delta, \varepsilon_{ij}\), \(i\neq j=1,\dots,p\) are positive constants. By means of the Galerkin method problem (1) is shown to have a unique solution \((c,\theta_1, \dots,\theta_p)\) and to define a semigroup \(S(t)\). The existence of compact sets which contain the attractor are proved. This attractor is shown to have finite fractal dimension and to attract all solutions at an exponential rate.