Mass conserving Allen-Cahn equation and volume preserving mean curvature flow (Q629821)

Let \(\Omega\) be a bounded domain in \(\mathbb R^n\), \ \(n\geq 1\). Let \(\Omega_0\), \ \(\Omega_t\) be subdomains of \(\Omega\) bounded by \(\gamma_0:=\partial\Omega_0\), \(\gamma_t:=\partial\Omega_t\) and \(\Omega_t|_{t=0}=\Omega_0\), \(\gamma_t|_{t=0}=\gamma_0\). There is considered the problem \[ u_t^\varepsilon = \Delta u^\varepsilon +\varepsilon^{-2} \bigg(f(u^\varepsilon)-{{1}\over{|\Omega|}}\int_\Omega f(u^\varepsilon(x,t))\,dx\bigg) \quad \text{in }\Omega\times\mathbb R^+, \] \[ \partial_\nu u^\varepsilon=0 \quad \text{on }\partial\Omega\times\mathbb R^+,\qquad u^\varepsilon(\cdot,0)=g^\varepsilon(\cdot) \quad\text{on }\Omega\times\{0\}. \] Here \(\varepsilon>0\) is a small parameter, and, for instance, \(f(u)\) may be equal to \(u-u^3\). The authors prove that there exists a family of functions \(\{g^\varepsilon\}\) satisfying \[ \lim_{\varepsilon\to 0} g^\varepsilon=\begin{cases} -1,&x\in \Omega_0, \\ +1, &x\in \Omega\setminus{\overline\Omega}_0,\end{cases} \] such that the solution \(u^\varepsilon(x,t)\) satisfies \[ \lim_{\varepsilon\to 0} u^\varepsilon=\begin{cases} -1, &x\in \Omega_t, \\ +1, &x\in \Omega\setminus{\overline\Omega}_t,\end{cases} \qquad t\in [0,T]. \]