Long-time dynamics of a bulk-surface convective Cahn--Hilliard system: Pullback attractors and convergence to equilibrium

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Main Authors: Knopf, Patrik, Poiatti, Andrea, Stange, Jonas, Yayla, Sema
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author Knopf, Patrik
Poiatti, Andrea
Stange, Jonas
Yayla, Sema
author_facet Knopf, Patrik
Poiatti, Andrea
Stange, Jonas
Yayla, Sema
contents We study the long-time dynamics of a bulk-surface convective Cahn--Hilliard system describing phase separation processes with bulk-surface interaction. The presence of convection terms leads to a non-autonomous dynamical system and prevents the associated free energy from being a Lyapunov functional, which makes the analysis of the asymptotic behavior considerably more challenging. First, we establish an instantaneous regularization property for weak solutions. Next, interpreting the evolution as a continuous two-parameter process, we prove the existence of a minimal pullback attractor. Finally, under suitable decay assumptions on the velocity fields, we show that every solution converges as $t\to\infty$ to a single steady state. The proof of this convergence relies on the Łojasiewicz--Simon inequality combined with customized decay estimates that compensate for the lack of a monotone energy functional.
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spellingShingle Long-time dynamics of a bulk-surface convective Cahn--Hilliard system: Pullback attractors and convergence to equilibrium
Knopf, Patrik
Poiatti, Andrea
Stange, Jonas
Yayla, Sema
Analysis of PDEs
35K35, 35B40, 35Q92, 35B65
We study the long-time dynamics of a bulk-surface convective Cahn--Hilliard system describing phase separation processes with bulk-surface interaction. The presence of convection terms leads to a non-autonomous dynamical system and prevents the associated free energy from being a Lyapunov functional, which makes the analysis of the asymptotic behavior considerably more challenging. First, we establish an instantaneous regularization property for weak solutions. Next, interpreting the evolution as a continuous two-parameter process, we prove the existence of a minimal pullback attractor. Finally, under suitable decay assumptions on the velocity fields, we show that every solution converges as $t\to\infty$ to a single steady state. The proof of this convergence relies on the Łojasiewicz--Simon inequality combined with customized decay estimates that compensate for the lack of a monotone energy functional.
title Long-time dynamics of a bulk-surface convective Cahn--Hilliard system: Pullback attractors and convergence to equilibrium
topic Analysis of PDEs
35K35, 35B40, 35Q92, 35B65
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.10923