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Asymptotic behavior of the free interface for entire vector minimizers in phase transitions

Analysis of PDEs 2021-12-03 v1

Abstract

We study globally bounded entire minimizers u:RnRmu:\mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^m of Allen-Cahn systems for potentials W0W\geq 0 with {W=0}={a1,...,aN}\{W=0\}=\{a_1,...,a_N\} and W(u)uaiαW(u)\sim |u-a_i|^\alpha near u=aiu=a_i, 0<α<20<\alpha<2. Such solutions are, over large regions, identically equal to some zeroes of the potential aia_i's. We establish the estimates \begin{equation*} \mathcal{L}^n(I_0\cap B_r(x_0))\leq c_1r^{n-1},\quad \mathcal{H}^{n-1}(\partial^* I_0\cap B_r(x_0))\geq c_2r^{n-1}, \quad r\geq r_0(x_0) \end{equation*} for the diffuse interface I0:={xRn:min1iNu(x)ai>0}I_0:=\{x\in\mathbb{R}^n: \min_{1\leq i\leq N}|u(x)-a_i|>0\} and the free boundary I0\partial I_0. Furthermore, if α=1\alpha=1 we establish the upper bound \begin{equation*} \mathcal{H}^{n-1}(\partial^* I_0\cap B_r(x_0))\leq c_3r^{n-1}, \quad r\geq r_0(x_0). \end{equation*}

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@article{arxiv.2112.00796,
  title  = {Asymptotic behavior of the free interface for entire vector minimizers in phase transitions},
  author = {Nicholas D. Alikakos and Zhiyuan Geng and Arghir Zarnescu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.00796},
  year   = {2021}
}

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