Metastable bubble solutions for the Allen-Cahn equation with mass conservation

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1247-1279

  Ward, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bubble solutions; Dynamic metastability; Exponentially small eigenvalues; Internal layers; Phase separation; Solvability conditions

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; BUBBLE FORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE INTERFACES; PHASE SEPARATION;

ALLEN-CAHN EQUATION; BUBBLE SOLUTIONS; INTERNAL LAYERS; MASS CONSERVATION; MASS CONSTRAINT; METASTABLE BUBBLE SOLUTIONS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 0030269055     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139995282918     Document Type: Article

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