Logarithmic scaling of the collapse in the critical Keller-Segel equation

DOI10.1088/0951-7715/26/11/3011zbMATH Open1278.35029arXiv1301.5604OpenAlexW3103037922MaRDI QIDQ2864565FDOQ2864565

Natalia Vladimirova, Sergey A. Dyachenko, P. M. Lushnikov

Publication date: 25 November 2013

Published in: Nonlinearity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A reduced Keller-Segel equation (RKSE) is a parabolic-elliptic system of partial differential equations which describes bacterial aggregation and the collapse of a self-gravitating gas of brownian particles. We consider RKSE in two dimensions, where solution has a critical collapse (blow-up) if the total number of bacteria exceeds a critical value. We study the self-similar solutions of RKSE near the blow-up point. Near the collapse time, $t=t_c$, the critical collapse is characterized by the $Lpropto(t_c-t{)}^{1/2}$ scaling law with logarithmic modification, where $L$ is the spatial width of collapsing solution. We develop an asymptotic perturbation theory for these modifications and show that the resulting scaling agrees well with numerical simulations. The quantitative comparison of the theory and simulations requires to take into account several terms of the perturbation series.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1301.5604

zbMATH Keywords

parabolic-elliptic systemscaling lawasymptotic perturbation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs (35B40) Blow-up in context of PDEs (35B44) Self-similar solutions to PDEs (35C06) Cell movement (chemotaxis, etc.) (92C17) Analyticity in context of PDEs (35A20)

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