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"Irregularization" of Systems of Conservation Laws

Analysis of PDEs 2015-06-19 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We explore new ways of regulating defect behavior in systems of conservation laws. Contrary to usual regularization schemes (such as a vanishing viscosity limit), which attempt to control defects by making them smoother, our schemes result in defects which are \textit{more singular}, and we thus refer to such schemes as "irregularizations". In particular, we seek to produce \textit{delta shock} defects which satisfy a condition of \textit{stationarity}. We are motivated to pursue such exotic defects by a physical example arising from dislocation dynamics in materials physics, which we describe.

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@article{arxiv.1506.05743,
  title  = {"Irregularization" of Systems of Conservation Laws},
  author = {Hunter Swan and Woosong Choi and Stefanos Papanikolaou and Matthew Bierbaum and Yong S. Chen and James P. Sethna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.05743},
  year   = {2015}
}