Decay rate for travelling waves of a relaxation model (Q678049)

The Cauchy problem for a hyperbolic system of two equations is considered. Initial conditions go to constants as \(x\rightarrow\infty\). This system contains the nonlinear term in its right-hand side and a small parameter on the left. So, the system models wave propagation with relaxation. The authors investigate the long time behavior of solution of the scaled system that corresponds to the original one provided that the small parameter goes to zero. They denote the travelling wave solutions with shock wave profile, discuss their existence, and prove convergence of disturbed solutions to the travelling wave one by estimating their decay rate.