Chemotaxis compressible Navier-Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity modeling vascular network formation

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author Jüngel, Ansgar
Philipp, Flora
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Philipp, Flora
contents The existence of global weak solutions to the compressible Navier-Stokes equations for the density of endothelial cells and their velocity, coupled to a reaction-diffusion equation for the concentration of the chemoattractant, is established in a three-dimensional torus for energy-finite initial data. The coupling of the equations arises through the chemotaxis force, which contributes to the momentum balance equation, and the signal production due to the cells in the chemotaxis equation. The equations model the self-assembly of endothelial cells during the early stages of blood vessel formation. The existence result holds for adiabatic pressure exponents $γ>4/3$, matching the exponent found in the existence analysis for the degenerate Keller-Segel equations. The proof leverages an approximation via Korteweg and drag terms, the BD entropy inequality, and a construction of weak solutions that are renormalized in the velocity variable.
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spellingShingle Chemotaxis compressible Navier-Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity modeling vascular network formation
Jüngel, Ansgar
Philipp, Flora
Analysis of PDEs
35Q30, 35K57, 35Q92, 76N06, 92C37
The existence of global weak solutions to the compressible Navier-Stokes equations for the density of endothelial cells and their velocity, coupled to a reaction-diffusion equation for the concentration of the chemoattractant, is established in a three-dimensional torus for energy-finite initial data. The coupling of the equations arises through the chemotaxis force, which contributes to the momentum balance equation, and the signal production due to the cells in the chemotaxis equation. The equations model the self-assembly of endothelial cells during the early stages of blood vessel formation. The existence result holds for adiabatic pressure exponents $γ>4/3$, matching the exponent found in the existence analysis for the degenerate Keller-Segel equations. The proof leverages an approximation via Korteweg and drag terms, the BD entropy inequality, and a construction of weak solutions that are renormalized in the velocity variable.
title Chemotaxis compressible Navier-Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity modeling vascular network formation
topic Analysis of PDEs
35Q30, 35K57, 35Q92, 76N06, 92C37
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.24725