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May 2016, 36(5): 2729-2755. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2016.36.2729

From gradient theory of phase transition to a generalized minimal interface problem with a contact energy

1.	Department of Mathematics, National Central University, Chung-Li 320, Taiwan

Received June 2015 Revised July 2015 Published October 2015

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We consider asymptotic behaviours of a variational problem $$ \inf_{u\in \mathcal A(m,f)} \int_\Omega \left\{\frac{\epsilon^2}{2} \left|\nabla u\right|^2 + \frac{V(x)}{2}u^2 + \frac{1}{4}u^4\right\}\,dx$$ over a admissible class $\mathcal A(m,f)=\{u\in W^{1,2}(\Omega):\,\int_\Omega u^2\,dx=m,\,u=f \textrm{ on }\partial \Omega\}$. The problem demonstrates some features of the phase separation in experimental studies of Bose-Einstein condensation confined in an infinite-trap potential. In this paper, we show the limiting variational problem is a generalized minimal interface problem involving a boundary contact energy. The asymptotic behaviour of the minimizers $\{u_\epsilon\}$ is characterized by a generalized mean curvature equation and a contact angle relation, the Young's relation, at the junction of the interfaces and the boundary. An example is given to demonstrate the possible existence of local minimizers $\{v_\epsilon\}_{\epsilon>0}$ for the perturbed variational problem due to suitable Dirichlet boundary condition $u=f$.

Keywords: minimal interfaces, contact angles., Cahn-Hilliard equation, $\Gamma$-convergence, sharp-interface limit, local minimizers.

Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 49J45, 35J25, 35J75; Secondary: 35Q40, 49S0.

Citation: Tien-Tsan Shieh. From gradient theory of phase transition to a generalized minimal interface problem with a contact energy. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2016, 36 (5) : 2729-2755. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2016.36.2729

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[2]	A. Aftalion and J. Royo-Letelier, A mimimal interface problem arising from a two component Bose-Einstein condensate via $\Gamma$- convergence,, Calc. Var. Partial Differential Equations, 52 (2015), 165. doi: 10.1007/s00526-014-0708-y. Google Scholar
[3]	M. H. Anderson, J. R. Ensher, M. R. Matthews, C. E. Wieman and E. A. Cornell, Observation of Bose-Einstein condensation in a dilute atomic vapor,, Science, 269 (1995), 198. doi: 10.1126/science.269.5221.198. Google Scholar
[4]	S. N. Bose, Plancks Gesetz und Lichtquantenhypothese,, Zeitschrift für Physik, 26 (1924), 178. doi: 10.1007/BF01327326. Google Scholar
[5]	A. Braides, $\Gamma$-Convergence for Beginners,, Oxford University Press, (2002). doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198507840.001.0001. Google Scholar
[6]	R. Choksi and P. Sternberg, On the first and second variations of a nonlocal isoperimetric problem,, J. Reine Angew. Math., 611 (2007), 75. doi: 10.1515/CRELLE.2007.074. Google Scholar
[7]	G. Dal Maso, An Introduction to $\Gamma$-convergence,, Birkhäuser, (1993). doi: 10.1007/978-1-4612-0327-8. Google Scholar
[8]	F. Dalfovo, S. Giorgini, L. P. Pitaevskii and S. Stringari, Theory of Bose-Einstein condensation in trapped gases,, Rev. Mod. Phys., 71 (1999), 463. doi: 10.1103/RevModPhys.71.463. Google Scholar
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[10]	E. De Giorgi, Convergence problems for functionals and operators,, in Proceedings of the International Meeting on Recent Methods in Nonlinear Analysis* (ed. E. Magenes*, (1979), 131. Google Scholar
[11]	A. Einstein, Quantentheorie des einatomigen idealen Gases,, Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, (1925), 3. doi: 10.1002/3527608958.ch27. Google Scholar
[12]	L. Evans, Weak Convergence Methods for Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations,, American Mathematical Society, (1990). Google Scholar
[13]	L. Evans and R. Gariepy, Measure Theory and Fine Properties of Functions,, CRC Press, (1992). Google Scholar
[14]	H. Federer, Geometric Measure Theory,, Springer-Verlag, (1969). Google Scholar
[15]	I. Fonseca and L. Tartar, The gradient theory of phase transitions for systems with two potential wells,, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edingburgh Sect. A, 111 (1989), 89. doi: 10.1017/S030821050002504X. Google Scholar
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[17]	E. P. Gross, Structure of a quantized vortex in boson systems,, Nuovo Cimento, 20 (1961), 454. doi: 10.1007/BF02731494. Google Scholar
[18]	M. Gurtin, Some results and conjectures in the gradient theory of phase transitions,, in Metastability and incompletely posed problems* (ed. Stuart*, 3 (1987), 135. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4613-8704-6_9. Google Scholar
[19]	D. Hall, M. Matthews, C. Wieman and E. Cornell, Measurements of relative phase in binary mixtures of Bose-Einstein condensates,, Phys. Rev. Lett., 81 (1998), 1543. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.1543. Google Scholar
[20]	K. Ishige, Singular perturbations of variational problems of vector valued functions,, Nonlinear Anal., 23 (1994), 1453. doi: 10.1016/0362-546X(94)90139-2. Google Scholar
[21]	K. Ishige, The gradient theory of the phase transitions in Cahn-Hilliard fluids with the Dirichlet boundary conditions,, SIAM J. Math. Anal., 27 (1996), 620. doi: 10.1137/0527034. Google Scholar
[22]	R. Kohn and P. Sternberg, Local minimiser and singular perturbations,, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburg Sect. A, 111 (1989), 69. doi: 10.1017/S0308210500025026. Google Scholar
[23]	F. Lin, X. B. Pan and C. Y. Wang, Phase transition for potentials of high-dimensional wells,, Cumm. Pure Appl. Math., 65 (2012), 833. doi: 10.1002/cpa.21386. Google Scholar
[24]	L. Modica, Gradient theory of phase transitions and minimal interface criterion,, Arch. Rational Mech. Anal., 98 (1987), 123. doi: 10.1007/BF00251230. Google Scholar
[25]	L. Modica, Gradient theory of phase transitions with boundary contact energy,, Ann Inst. H. Poincar'e Anal. Non Lin'eaire, 4 (1987), 487. Google Scholar
[26]	G. Modugno, M. Modugno, F. Riboli and M. Inguscio, A two atomic species superfluid,, Phys. Rev. Lett., 89 (2002), 190404. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.190404. Google Scholar
[27]	R. Navarro, R. Carretero-González and P. G. Kevrekidis, Phase separation and dynamics of two-component Bose-Einstein condensates,, Phy. Rev. A, 80 (2009). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.023613. Google Scholar
[28]	N. Owen, Nonconvex variational problems with general singular perturbations,, Trans. Am. math. Soc., 310 (1988), 393. doi: 10.1090/S0002-9947-1988-0965760-9. Google Scholar
[29]	N. Owen and P. Sternberg, Nonconvex variational problems with anisotropic perturbations,, Nonlinear Anal., 16 (1991), 705. doi: 10.1016/0362-546X(91)90177-3. Google Scholar
[30]	N. Owen, J. Rubinstein and P. Sternberg, Minimizers and gradient flows for singularly perturbed bi-stable potentials with a Dirichlet condition,, Proc. Roy. Soc. London Ser. A, 429 (1990), 505. doi: 10.1098/rspa.1990.0071. Google Scholar
[31]	L. P. Pitaevskii, Vortex lines in an imperfect Bose gas,, Soviet Phys. JETP, 13 (1961), 451. Google Scholar
[32]	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
[33]	E. Timmermans, Phase separation of Bose-Einstein Condenstates,, Phys. Rev. Let., 81 (1998), 5718. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.5718. Google Scholar

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