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We study entire minimizers of the Allen-Cahn systems. The specific feature of our systems are potentials having a finite number of global minima, with sub-quadratic behaviour locally near their minima. The corresponding formal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-10-05 Nicholas D. Alikakos , Dimitrios Gazoulis , Arghir Zarnescu

In this work we consider a question in the calculus of variations motivated by riemannian geometry, the isoperimetric problem. We show that solutions to the isoperimetric problem, close in the flat norm to a smooth submanifold, are…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-07-16 Stefano Nardulli

This note studies a family of Navier-Stokes-Allen-Cahn systems parameterized by temperature. Derived from an internal energy that corresponds to one incompressible and one compressible phase, this family is considered as a simple model for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-06-11 Heinrich Freistuhler , Matthias Kotschote

Shan-Chen model is a numerical scheme to simulate multiphase fluid flows using Lattice Boltzmann approach. The original Shan-Chen model suffers from inability to accurately predict behavior of air bubbles interacting in a non-aqueous fluid.…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-04-21 Mojtaba Barzegari , Hossein Bayani , S. M. H. Mirbagheri , Hasan Shetabivash

Phase-field models are a popular choice in computational physics to describe complex dynamics of substances with multiple phases and are widely used in various applications. We present nonlocal non-isothermal phase-field models of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-13 Olena Burkovska

Phase separation is a fairly common physical phenomenon with examples including the formation of water droplets from humid air (fog, rain), the separation of a crystalline structure from an isotropic material such as a liquid or even the…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Ágoston Pisztora

We consider single-phase flow with solute transport where ions in the fluid can precipitate and form a mineral, and where the mineral can dissolve and release solute into the fluid. Such a setting includes an evolving interface between…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-25 Carina Bringedal , Alexander Jaust

Problems for partial differential equations coupled with dynamic boundary conditions can be viewed as a type of transmission problem between the bulk and its boundary. For the heat equation and the Allen-Cahn equation, various forms of such…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-06 Pierluigi Colli , Takeshi Fukao

In this article we study a coupled system of differential equations with Allen-Cahn type non-linearity. Motivated by physical phenomena one of the unknowns in the system is accompanied by a singular perturbation parameter ${\epsilon}^2$ .…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-23 Javier Monreal , Michał Kowalczyk

Black hole thermodynamics has recently witnessed three distinct classification schemes: based on local geometric properties of the temperature function, global topological invariants, and Riemann surface foliations in the complex plane. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-10 Shi-Hao Zhang , Shao-Wen Wei , Jing-Fei Zhang , Xin Zhang

We consider the inhomogeneous Allen-Cahn equation $$ \epsilon^2\Delta u\,+\,V(y)(1-u^2)\,u\,=\,0\quad \mbox{in}\ \Omega, \qquad \frac {\partial u}{\partial \nu}\,=\,0\quad \mbox{on}\ \partial \Omega, $$ where $\Omega$ is a bounded domain in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-06-17 Lipeng Duan , Suting Wei , Jun Yang

A few-body cluster is a building block of a many-body system in a gas phase provided the temperature at most is of the order of the binding energy of this cluster. Here we illustrate this statement by considering a system of tubes filled…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2020-04-08 Jeremy R. Armstrong , Aksel S. Jensen , Artem G. Volosniev , Nikolaj T. Zinner

A model for studying atomtronic devices and circuits based on finite temperature Bose-condensed gases is presented. The approach involves numerically solving equations of motion for atomic populations and coherences, derived using the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-08-29 Weng W. Chow , Cameron J. E. Straatsma , Dana Z. Anderson

We consider the parabolic one-dimensional Allen-Cahn equation $$u_t= u_{xx}+ u(1-u^2)\quad (x,t)\in \mathbb{R}\times (-\infty, 0].$$ The steady state $w(x) =\tanh (x/\sqrt{2})$, connects, as a "transition layer" the stable phases $-1$ and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-03-28 Manuel del Pino , Konstantinos T. Gkikas

We prove that given a minimal hypersurface $\Gamma$ in a compact Riemannian manifold $M$ without boundary, if all the Jacobi fields of $\Gamma$ are generated by ambient isometries, then we can find solutions of the Allen-Cahn equation…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-06-17 Rayssa Caju , Pedro Gaspar

Phase-field models have proven indispensable for deciphering the microstructure complexities inherent in multicomponent systems. The confluence of varying phase molar volumes presents unique challenges. Understanding the impact of molar…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-03-25 Chengyin Wu , Yanzhou Ji

Gas bubbles immersed in a liquid and flowing through a large pressure gradient undergoes volumetric deformation in addition to possible deviatoric deformation. While the high density liquid phase can be assumed to be an incompressible…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-04-18 Prapanch Nair , Gaurav Tomar

We consider the set of solutions to $M$ random polynomial equations whose $N$ variables are restricted to the $(N-1)$-sphere. Each equation has independent Gaussian coefficients and a target value $V_0$. When solutions exist, they form a…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-05-21 Jaron Kent-Dobias

The nucleation and growth of clusters in a progressively cooled vapor is studied. The chemical-potential of the vapor increases, resulting in a rapidly increasing nucleation rate. The growth of the newly created clusters depletes monomers,…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-10-21 Yossi Farjoun

Finite systems in confining potentials are known to undergo structural transitions similar to phase transitions. However, these systems are inhomogeneous, and their "melting" point may depend on the position in the trap and vary with the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-04-29 H. Thomsen , M. Bonitz