A variational principle for pulsating standing waves and an Einstein relation in the sharp interface limit

DOI10.1007/S00205-022-01755-7zbMATH Open1491.35229arXiv2003.07298OpenAlexW3010960596MaRDI QIDQ2138643FDOQ2138643

Peter S. Morfe

Publication date: 12 May 2022

Published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This paper investigates the connection between the effective, large scale behavior of Allen-Cahn energy functionals in periodic media and the sharp interface limit of the associated $L^2$ gradient flows. By introducing a Percival-type Lagrangian in the cylinder $mathbbRimesmathbb{T}^d$, we establish a link between the $Gamma$-convergence results of Anisini, Braides, and Chiad`{o} Piat and the sharp interface limit results of Barles and Souganidis. In laminar media, we prove a sharp interface limit in a graphical setting, making no assumptions other than sufficient smoothness of the coefficients, and we prove that the effective interface velocity and surface tension satisfy an Einstein relation. A number of pathologies are presented to highlight difficulties that do not arise in the spatially homogeneous setting.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.07298

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zbMATH Keywords

energy functionaldegenerate elliptc equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational methods applied to PDEs (35A15) Degenerate elliptic equations (35J70)

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