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On a repulsion model with Coulomb interaction and nonlinear mobility

Analysis of PDEs 2025-10-21 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We study a scalar conservation law on the torus in which the flux j\mathbf{j} is composed of a Coulomb interaction and a nonlinear mobility: j=umgu\mathbf{j} = -u^m\nabla\mathsf{g}\ast u. We prove existence of entropy solutions and a weak-strong uniqueness principle. We also prove several properties shared among entropy solutions, in particular a lower barrier in the fast diffusion regime m<1m\lt 1. In the porous media regime m1m\ge 1, we study the decreasing rearrangement of solutions, which allows to prove an instantaneous growth of the support and a waiting time phenomenon. We also show exponential convergence of the solutions towards the spatial average in several topologies.

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@article{arxiv.2510.16894,
  title  = {On a repulsion model with Coulomb interaction and nonlinear mobility},
  author = {Antonin Chodron de Courcel and Charles Elbar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.16894},
  year   = {2025}
}

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37 pages, 2 figures

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