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# Analysis of a Burgers equation with singular resonant source term and convergence of well-balanced schemes

• We define entropy weak solutions and establish well-posedness for the Cauchy problem for the formal equation $$\partial_t u(t,x) + \partial_x \frac{u^2}2(t,x) = - \lambda \, u(t,x)\,\delta_0(x),$$ which can be seen as two Burgers equations coupled in a non-conservative way through the interface located at $x=0$. This problem appears as an important auxiliary step in the theoretical and numerical study of the one-dimensional particle-in-fluid model developed by Lagoutière, Seguin and Takahashi [30].
The interpretation of the non-conservative product "$u(t,x) \, \delta_0(x)$" follows the analysis of [30]; we can describe the associated interface coupling in terms of one-sided traces on the interface. Well-posedness is established using the tools of the theory of conservation laws with discontinuous flux ([4]).
For proving existence and for practical computation of solutions, we construct a finite volume scheme, which turns out to be a well-balanced scheme and which allows a simple and efficient treatment of the interface coupling. Numerical illustrations are given.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35L65; Secondary: 35L81, 35R06, 65M12.

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