Existence and stability of infinite time blow-up in the Keller-Segel system (Q6583719)

The Keller-Segel model of chemotaxis on the plane \(u_t=\Delta u-\nabla\cdot(u\nabla(-\Delta)^{-1}u)\) exhibits a rich structure of asymptotic behaviors of solution at the critical value of the total mass \(\int_{\mathbb{R}^2} u=8\pi\). The authors prove the existence of a radial initial condition \(u_0^\ast\) which blows up in infinite time. Moreover, they show stability of that behavior. More precisely, any initial condition \(u_0\) sufficiently close to \(u_0^\ast\) develops a global-in-time solution with the asymptotic profile \(u(x,t)\approx C^2(\log t)U((x-\xi(t))C\sqrt{\log t})\) with \(U(y)=8(1+|y|^2)^{-2}\), some \(C>0\), and \(\xi(t)\to q\in\mathbb{R}^2\), as was conjectured in [\textit{T.-E. Ghoul} and \textit{N. Masmoudi}, Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 71, No. 10, 1957--2015 (2018; Zbl 1404.35457)]. Note that \(U\) is a solution of the Liouville equation \(-\Delta\log U=U\).