Equilibria of biological aggregations with nonlocal repulsive-attractive interactions

Abstract

We consider the aggregation equation ${\rho }_t-\nabla \cdot (\rho \nabla K\ast \rho )=0$ in ${\mathbb{R}}^n$, where the interaction potential $K$ incorporates short-range Newtonian repulsion and long-range power-law attraction. We study the global well-posedness of solutions and investigate analytically and numerically the equilibrium solutions. We show that there exist unique equilibria supported on a ball of ${\mathbb{R}}^n$. By using the method of moving planes we prove that such equilibria are radially symmetric and monotone in the radial coordinate. We perform asymptotic studies for the limiting cases when the exponent of the power-law attraction approaches infinity and a Newtonian singularity, respectively. Numerical simulations suggest that equilibria studied here are global attractors for the dynamics of the aggregation model.

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