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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

Tien-Tsan Shieh 1,

1. 

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

Received  June 2015 Revised  July 2015 Published  October 2015

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, 2016, 36 (5) : 2729-2755. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2016.36.2729
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A. Aftalion, Vortices in Bose-Einstein Condensates, Birkhäuser, Boston, 2006.  Google Scholar

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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), 165-197. doi: 10.1007/s00526-014-0708-y.  Google Scholar

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L. Evans, Weak Convergence Methods for Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, American Mathematical Society, Providence, 1990.  Google Scholar

[13]

L. Evans and R. Gariepy, Measure Theory and Fine Properties of Functions, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1992.  Google Scholar

[14]

H. Federer, Geometric Measure Theory, Springer-Verlag, New York, 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), 89-102. doi: 10.1017/S030821050002504X.  Google Scholar

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L. Modica, Gradient theory of phase transitions and minimal interface criterion, Arch. Rational Mech. Anal., 98 (1987), 123-142. doi: 10.1007/BF00251230.  Google Scholar

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[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), 023613. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.023613.  Google Scholar

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P. Sternberg, The effect of a singular perturbation on nonconvex variational problems, Arch. Rational Mech. Anal., 101 (1988), 209-260. doi: 10.1007/BF00253122.  Google Scholar

[33]

E. Timmermans, Phase separation of Bose-Einstein Condenstates, Phys. Rev. Let., 81 (1998), 5718-5721. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.5718.  Google Scholar

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