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Main Authors: Mellet, Antoine, Rozowski, Michael
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.14309
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author Mellet, Antoine
Rozowski, Michael
author_facet Mellet, Antoine
Rozowski, Michael
contents The Patlak-Keller-Segel system of equations (PKS) is a classical example of aggregation-diffusion equation in which the repulsive effect of diffusion is in competition with the attractive chemotaxis term. Recent work on the Parabolic-Elliptic PKS model have shown that when the repulsion is modeled by a nonlinear diffusion term $ρ\nabla ρ^{m-1}$ with $m>2$, this competition leads to phase separation phenomena. Furthermore, in some asymptotic regime corresponding to a large population observed over a long enough time, the interface separating regions of high and low density evolves according to the Hele-Shaw free boundary problem with surface tension. In the present paper, we consider the counterpart of that model, namely the Elliptic-Parabolic PKS model and we prove that the same phase separation phenomena occurs, but the motion of the interface is now described (asymptotically) by a volume-preserving mean-curvature flow.
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spellingShingle Volume-preserving mean-curvature flow as a singular limit of a diffusion-aggregation equation
Mellet, Antoine
Rozowski, Michael
Analysis of PDEs
The Patlak-Keller-Segel system of equations (PKS) is a classical example of aggregation-diffusion equation in which the repulsive effect of diffusion is in competition with the attractive chemotaxis term. Recent work on the Parabolic-Elliptic PKS model have shown that when the repulsion is modeled by a nonlinear diffusion term $ρ\nabla ρ^{m-1}$ with $m>2$, this competition leads to phase separation phenomena. Furthermore, in some asymptotic regime corresponding to a large population observed over a long enough time, the interface separating regions of high and low density evolves according to the Hele-Shaw free boundary problem with surface tension. In the present paper, we consider the counterpart of that model, namely the Elliptic-Parabolic PKS model and we prove that the same phase separation phenomena occurs, but the motion of the interface is now described (asymptotically) by a volume-preserving mean-curvature flow.
title Volume-preserving mean-curvature flow as a singular limit of a diffusion-aggregation equation
topic Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.14309