Global existence for the Jordan--Moore--Gibson--Thompson equation in Besov spaces

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the Cauchy problem of a model in nonlinear acoustic, named the Jordan--Moore--Gibson--Thompson equation. This equation arises as an alternative model to the well-known Kuznetsov equation in acoustics. We prove global existence and optimal time decay of solutions in Besov spaces with a minimal regularity assumption on the initial data, lowering the regularity assumption required in \cite{Racke_Said_2019} for the proof of the global existence. Using a time-weighted energy method with the help of appropriate Lyapunov-type estimates, we also extend the decay rate in \cite{Racke_Said_2019} and show an optimal decay rate of the solution for initial data in the Besov space ${\dot{B}}_{2,\infty }^{-3/2}({\mathbb{R}}^3)$, which is larger than the Lebesgue space $L^1({\mathbb{R}}^3)$ due to the embedding $L^1(\mathbb{R}$. Hence we removed the $L^1$-assumption on the initial data required in \cite{Racke_Said_2019} in order to prove the decay estimates of the solution.