ISSN:
1572-9613
Keywords:
kinetics of phase transitions
;
domain coarsening
;
asymptotic behavior
;
self-similarity
;
stability
;
chaos
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract The classical Lifshitz–Slyozov–Wagner theory of domain coarsening predicts asymptotically self-similar behavior for the size distribution of a dilute system of particles that evolve by diffusional mass transfer with a common mean field. Here we consider the long-time behavior of measure-valued solutions for systems in which particle size is uniformly bounded, i.e., for initial measures of compact support. We prove that the long-time behavior of the size distribution depends sensitively on the initial distribution of the largest particles in the system. Convergence to the classically predicted smooth similarity solution is impossible if the initial distribution function is comparable to any finite power of distance to the end of the support. We give a necessary criterion for convergence to other self-similar solutions, and conditional stability theorems for some such solutions. For a dense set of initial data, convergence to any self-similar solution is impossible.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1004546215920
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