Front speeds, cut-offs, and desingularization: A brief case study

Nikola Popovic*

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Abstract

The study of propagation phenomena in reaction-diffusion systems is a central topic in non-equilibrium physics. One particular aspect which has received recent attention concerns the effects of a "cut-off" of the reaction kinetics on the propagation speed of the traveling fronts often found in such systems. In this brief note, we discuss one specific example of front propagation into a metastable state in a "cut-off" Ginzburg-Landau equation. We indicate how the modified dynamics resulting from this "cut-off" can be understood from a geometric point of view. Moreover, we motivate why the leading-order correction to the unperturbed propagation speed will be a sublinear function of the "cut-off" parameter in this case.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFluids and Waves: Recent Trends in Applied Analysis
EditorsF Botelho, T Hagen, J Jamison
PublisherAmerican Mathematical Society
Pages187-195
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)978-0-8218-4247-8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
EventResearch Conference on Fluids and Waves - Memphis, Tunisia
Duration: 11 May 200613 May 2006

Publication series

NameCONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS SERIES
PublisherAMER MATHEMATICAL SOC
Volume440
ISSN (Print)0271-4132

Conference

ConferenceResearch Conference on Fluids and Waves
Country/TerritoryTunisia
Period11/05/0613/05/06

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • reaction-diffusion equations
  • cut-off
  • traveling fronts
  • front speed
  • desingularization
  • PROPAGATION

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