On the persistence of spatial analyticity for the Beam Equation

Persistence of spatial analyticity is studied for solution of the beam equation $u_{tt} + \left(m+\Delta^2\right) u + |u|^{p-1}u = 0$ on $\mathbb R^n \times \mathbb R$. In particular, for a class of analytic initial data with a uniform radius of analyticity $\sigma_0$, we obtain an asymptotic lower bound $\sigma(t) \ge c/\sqrt t$ on the uniform radius of analyticity $\sigma(t)$ of solution $u(\cdot, t)$, as $t \rightarrow \infty.$