The heteroclinic connection problem for general double-well potentials

DOI10.1007/S00009-016-0770-0zbMATH Open1383.37052arXiv1311.2856OpenAlexW1489696286MaRDI QIDQ346957FDOQ346957

Authors: Christos Sourdis 

Publication date: 30 November 2016

Published in: Mediterranean Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: By variational methods, we provide a simple proof of existence of a heteroclinic orbit to the Hamiltonian system $u^{″}=ablaW(u)$ that connects the two global minima of a double-well potential $W$. Moreover, we consider several inhomogeneous extensions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.2856

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zbMATH Keywords

phase transitionHamiltonian systemheteroclinic connectionvariational method

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