Viscous shock solutions to the stochastic Burgers equation

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Abstract: We define a notion of a viscous shock solution of the stochastic Burgers equation that connects "top" and "bottom" spatially stationary solutions of the same equation. Such shocks generally travel in space, but we show that they admit time-invariant measures when viewed in their own reference frames. Under such a measure, the viscous shock is a deterministic function of the bottom and top solutions and the shock location. However, the measure of the bottom and top solutions must be tilted to account for the change of reference frame. We also show a convergence result to these stationary shock solutions from solutions initially connecting two constants, as time goes to infinity.


Consider the stochastic Burgers equation for \(u: \mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}\): \[ d u(t,x)= \frac 1 2 [\partial_x^2 u(t,x)-\partial_x(u^2)(t,x)] d t + d (\partial \{\rho * W\})(t,x), \] where \(\rho\in C^\infty(\mathbb{R})\cap H^1(\mathbb{R})\), and \(W\) is the cylindrical Brownian motion on \(L^2(\mathbb{R})\). This paper introduces a new notion of viscous shock solution which connects ``top and ``bottom spatially stationary solutions of the same equation. It is shown that such shocks admit time-invariant measures when viewed in their own reference frames. Under such a measure, the viscous shock is a deterministic function of the bottom and top solutions and the shock location, while the measure of the bottom and top solutions must be tilted to account for the change of reference frame. A convergence result to these stationary shock solutions is derived for solutions initially connecting two constants.



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