Dynamics in a kinetic model of oriented particles with phase transition

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 791-826

  Frouvelle, Amic ^a   Liu, Jian Guo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipolar potential; LaSalle invariance principle; Nonlinear Fokker Planck equation; Onsager's phase transition; Phase transition; Smoluchowski equation; Spontaneous symmetry breaking; Steady states

Indexed keywords

DIPOLAR POTENTIAL; LASALLE INVARIANCE PRINCIPLE; ONSAGER; SMOLUCHOWSKI EQUATION; SPONTANEOUS SYMMETRY BREAKING; STEADY STATE;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SPHERES;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 84861374997     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/110823912     Document Type: Article

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