The existence of minimum speed of traveling wave solutions to a non-KPP isothermal diffusion system (Q526034)

In this paper, the authors investigate a reaction-diffusion system of the following form \[ \begin{aligned} \frac{\partial a}{\partial t} &= \frac{\partial^2 a}{\partial x^2} - ab^n,\\ \frac{\partial b}{\partial t} &= D\frac{\partial^2 b}{\partial x^2} + ab^n, \end{aligned} \] where \(n>1\), \(D>0\) and \((a, b)\) are non-negative smooth functions with continuous initial values \((a_0, b_0)\). In isothermal diffusion, \(a\) is the density of material consumed, \(b\) is the temperature. One of the interesting features of the system is the existence of traveling wave solutions. Under assumptions, that \(D>0\) and \(n >1\), the authors establish, that there exists a positive constant \(v_{\min}\) such that the traveling wave problem admits a traveling wave solution if and only if \(v\geq v_{\min}\).