Stability of radiative shock profiles for hyperbolic-elliptic coupled systems (Q964904)

In the theory of non-equilibrium radiative hydrodynamics, it is often assumed that an inviscid compressible fluid interacts with radiation through energy exchanges. The relevant widely accepted model [\textit{W. G. Vincenti} and \textit{C. H. Kruger}, Introduction to Physical Gas Dynamics, Wiley and Sons, New York (1965)] considers the one-dimensional Euler system, of equations coupled with an elliptic equation for the radiative energy, or Euler-Poisson equation. Therefore the authors consider general hyperbolic-elliptic coupled systems of the form \[ \begin{aligned} &u_t+f(u)_x+Lq_x=0,\\ &-q_{xx}+q+g(u)_x=0, \end{aligned}\tag{1} \] with \((x,t)\in \mathbb{R}\times [0,+\infty)\) denoting space and time, respectively, and where the unknowns \(u\in \mathcal{U}\subseteq \mathbb{R}^n,n\geq 1\), play the role of state variables, whereas \(q\in \mathbb{R}\) represents a general heat flux. In addition, \(L\in \mathbb{R}^{n+1}\) is a constant vector, and \(f\in \mathcal{C}^2(\mathcal{U},\mathbb{R}^n)\) and \(g\in \mathcal{C}^2(\mathcal{U},\mathbb{R})\) are nonlinear vector valued and scalar valued flux functions, respectively. The study of general systems like (1) has been the subject of active research in recent years. There exist, however, more complete results regarding the simplified model of a radiating gas, also known as the Namer model [\textit{K. Hamer}, Q. J. Mech. Appl. Math. 24, 155--168 (1971; Zbl 0219.76088)], consisting of a scalar velocity equation (usually endowed with a Burger's flux function which approximates the Euler system), coupled with a scalar elliptic equation for the heat flux. Following the authors' concurrent analysis with Lattanzio and Mascia of the reduced scalar model [\textit{C. Lattanzio, C. Mascia, T. Nguyen, R. G. Plaza} and \textit{K. Zumbrun}, SIAM J. Math. Anal. 41, No. 6, 2165--2206 (2009)], for this model the asymptotic stability of general radiative shock profiles, which are travelling wave solutions to system (1) is proved \(u(x,t)=U(x-st), \; q(x,t)=Q(x-st)\), with asymptotic limits \(U(x)\to u_{\pm},\; Q(x)\to 0, \) as \(x\to \pm \infty\), \(u_{\pm}\in \mathcal{U}\subseteq \mathbb{R}^n\) being constant states as \(s\in \mathbb{R}\) the shock speed.