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August 2011, 30(3): 791-806. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2011.30.791

Global bifurcation and stable two-phase separation for a phase field model in a disk

1.	Department of Mathematics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O-Okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan

Received January 2010 Revised October 2010 Published March 2011

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Let D:$=\{(x,y);\ x^2+y^2 < l^2\}\subset\R^2$. We study the shape of a local minimizer of the problem

$E(u)=\int_{D}(\frac{|\nabla u|^2}{2}+\lambda W(u)) dx\ \ $subject to$ \ \ m=\frac{1}{|D|}\int_Dudx $

and study the global structure of critical points. We show that for an arbitrary potential $W\in C^4$ every level set of every nonconstant local minimizer is a $C^1$-curve and it divides $D$ into exactly two simply connected subdomains. Next we consider the case $W(u)=(u^2-1)^2/4$ (Cahn-Hilliard equation). When $\lambda$ varies and $m$ is fixed, we show that this problem has an unbounded continuum of critical points. When $m$ varies and $\lambda$ is fixed, we show that this problem has a bounded continuum meeting at two different points on the trivial branch. Moreover, we show that in each case a bifurcating critical point is stable (a local minimizer) near the bifurcation point in a certain parameter range. The main technique is the nodal curve which relates the shape with the Morse index. We do not use a small parameter or the $\Gamma$-convergence technique.

Keywords: Phase separation; Cahn-Hilliard equation; Local minimizer; Second eigenvalue; Nodal curve..

Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35B32, 35B36; Secondary: 35J20, 35J6.

Citation: Yasuhito Miyamoto. Global bifurcation and stable two-phase separation for a phase field model in a disk. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2011, 30 (3) : 791-806. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2011.30.791

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[5]	M. Grinfeld and A. Novick-Cohen, Counting stationary solutions of the Cahn-Hilliard equation by transversality arguments,, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh Sect. A, 125 (1995), 351. Google Scholar
[6]	B. Helffer, M. Hoffmann-Ostenhof, T. Hoffmann-Ostenhof and M. P. Owen, Nodal sets for groundstates of Schrödinger operators with zero magnetic field in non-simply connected domains,, Comm. Math. Phys., 202 (1999), 629. doi: 10.1007/s002200050599. Google Scholar
[7]	P. Hartman and A. Wintner, On the local behavior of solutions of non-parabolic partial differential equations,, Amer. J. Math., 75 (1953), 449. doi: 10.2307/2372496. Google Scholar
[8]	H. Kielhöfer, Pattern formation of the stationary Cahn-Hilliard model,, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh Sect. A, 127 (1997), 1219. Google Scholar
[9]	H. Kielhöfer, "Bifurcation Theory. An Introduction with Applications to PDEs,", Applied Mathematical Sciences, 156 (2004). Google Scholar
[10]	S. Kosugi, Y. Morita and S. Yotsutani, Stationary solutions to the one-dimensional Cahn-Hilliard equation: proof by the complete elliptic integrals,, Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst., 19 (2007), 609. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2007.19.609. Google Scholar
[11]	S. Luckhaus and L. Modica, The Gibbs-Thompson relation within the gradient theory of phase transitions,, Arch. Rational Mech. Anal., 107 (1989), 71. doi: 10.1007/BF00251427. Google Scholar
[12]	H. Matano, Asymptotic behavior and stability of solutions of semilinear diffusion equations,, Publ. Res. Inst. Math. Sci., 15 (1979), 401. doi: 10.2977/prims/1195188180. Google Scholar
[13]	H. Matano, Private communication, (2005)., (2005). Google Scholar
[14]	B. McCartin, Eigenstructure of the equilateral triangle. II. The Neumann problem,, Math. Probl. Eng., 8 (2002), 517. doi: 10.1080/1024123021000053664. Google Scholar
[15]	Y. Miyamoto, An instability criterion for activator-inhibitor systems in a two-dimensional ball,, J. Differential Equations, 229 (2006), 494. doi: 10.1016/j.jde.2006.03.015. Google Scholar
[16]	Y. Miyamoto, An instability criterion for activator-inhibitor systems in a two-dimensional ball II,, J. Differential Equations, 239 (2007), 61. doi: oi:10.1016/j.jde.2007.05.006. Google Scholar
[17]	Y. Miyamoto, On the shape of the stable patterns for activator-inhibitor systems in two-dimensional domains,, Quart. Appl. Math., 65 (2007), 357. Google Scholar
[18]	Y. Miyamoto, Global branches of non-radially symmetric solutions to a semilinear Neumann problem in a disk,, J. Funct. Anal., 256 (2009), 747. doi: 10.1016/j.jfa.2008.11.023. Google Scholar
[19]	Y. Miyamoto, The "hot spots" conjecture for a certain class of planar convex domains,, J. Math. Phys., 50 (2009). Google Scholar
[20]	L. Modica, The gradient theory of phase transitions and the minimal interface criterion,, Arch. Rational Mech. Anal., 98 (1987), 123. doi: 10.1007/BF00251230. Google Scholar
[21]	S. Maier-Paape and U. Miller, Connecting continua and curves of equilibria of the Cahn-Hilliard equation on the square,, Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst., 15 (2006), 1137. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2006.15.1137. Google Scholar
[22]	Y. Nishiura, Coexistence of infinitely many stable solutions to reaction diffusion systems in the singular limit,, Dynamics Reported, 3 (1994), 25. Google Scholar
[23]	W. M. Ni, P. Poláčik and E. Yanagida, Monotonicity of stable solutions in shadow systems,, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., 353 (2001), 5057. doi: 10.1090/S0002-9947-01-02880-X. Google Scholar
[24]	P. Sternberg, The effect of a singular perturbation on nonconvex variational problems,, Arch. Rational Mech. Anal., 101 (1988), 209. doi: 10.1007/BF00253122. Google Scholar
[25]	T. Suzuki and S. Tasaki, Stationary Fix-Caginalp equation with non-local term,, Nonlinear Anal., 71 (2009), 1329. doi: 10.1016/j.na.2008.12.007. Google Scholar
[26]	P. Sternberg and K. Zumbrun, Connectivity of phase boundaries in strictly convex domains,, Arch. Rational Mech. Anal., 141 (1998), 375. doi: 10.1007/s002050050081. Google Scholar
[27]	E. Yanagida, Private, communication (2006)., (2006). Google Scholar

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