On a 𝑝-Laplacian type of evolution system and applications to the Bean model in the type-II superconductivity theory (Q4414899)

In the so-called magneto-hydrodynamic limit case (i.e. with current density set equal to zero) Maxwell's equations assume -- after eliminating the electric field -- (and with permeability equal to 1) the form \[ \partial_0 H-\text{curl }\sigma^{-1}\text{curl }H= -\text{curl }\sigma^{-1} j= F, \] where \(H= (H_1, H_2, H_3)\) denotes the magnetic field, \(\sigma\) the electric conductivity and \(j\) an external current density (\(\partial_0\) denotes the time-derivative). Assuming that the source term \(F\) is known and the electric resistivity \(\sigma^{-1}\) is given as a power of the current density \(\text{curl }H\), we obtain \[ \partial_0 H- \text{curl}(|\text{curl }H|^{p- 2}\text{curl }H)= F. \] This is the system the author considers for \(p> 2\). Existence and uniqueness of a weak solution to the corresponding initial value problem in \(\mathbb{R}^3\) are established for any finite time horizon \([0, T]\), \(T> 0\), and divergence-free initial data \(H(0,\cdot)= H_{(0)}\) and right-hand side. The core of the paper is concerned with the two-dimensional situation (i.e. \(H_3\), \(\partial_3 H= 0\)). In this case regularity in Hölder spaces and that \(H_1\), \(H_2\) are compactly supported as long as \(H_{(0)}\) and \(F\) have compact support. Moreover, the limit as \(p\to\infty\) is considered and convergence to Bean's model in type-II superconductivity theory is shown.