Global Well-posedness and Long-time Behavior of the Two-dimensional General Ericksen--Leslie System in the Isotropic Case under a Magnetic Field

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Main Author: Wu, Qingtong
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contents This paper establishes the global well-posedness and long-time dynamics of the general Ericksen--Leslie system for isotropic nematic liquid crystals under a constant magnetic field. On the two-dimensional torus $\mathbb{T}^2$, a liquid crystal molecule coincides with itself under rotations by integer multiples of $π$, which results in special boundary conditions. We prove the existence of global-in-time strong solutions by developing novel high-order energy estimates and employing compactness techniques. A key challenge lies in controlling the orientation of the liquid crystal molecules. After achieving a uniform bound for the molecular orientation angle in $\mathbb{S}^1$, we further characterize the long-time behavior of the solutions. This is accomplished by applying the Lojasiewicz--Simon inequality, which reveals the convergence of the solutions as time approaches infinity.
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spellingShingle Global Well-posedness and Long-time Behavior of the Two-dimensional General Ericksen--Leslie System in the Isotropic Case under a Magnetic Field
Wu, Qingtong
Analysis of PDEs
Mathematical Physics
This paper establishes the global well-posedness and long-time dynamics of the general Ericksen--Leslie system for isotropic nematic liquid crystals under a constant magnetic field. On the two-dimensional torus $\mathbb{T}^2$, a liquid crystal molecule coincides with itself under rotations by integer multiples of $π$, which results in special boundary conditions. We prove the existence of global-in-time strong solutions by developing novel high-order energy estimates and employing compactness techniques. A key challenge lies in controlling the orientation of the liquid crystal molecules. After achieving a uniform bound for the molecular orientation angle in $\mathbb{S}^1$, we further characterize the long-time behavior of the solutions. This is accomplished by applying the Lojasiewicz--Simon inequality, which reveals the convergence of the solutions as time approaches infinity.
title Global Well-posedness and Long-time Behavior of the Two-dimensional General Ericksen--Leslie System in the Isotropic Case under a Magnetic Field
topic Analysis of PDEs
Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.06748