On a repulsion model with Coulomb interaction and nonlinear mobility

Abstract

We study a scalar conservation law on the torus in which the flux $\mathbf{j}$ is composed of a Coulomb interaction and a nonlinear mobility: $\mathbf{j}=-u^m\nabla \mathsf{g}\ast u$. We prove existence of entropy solutions and a weak-strong uniqueness principle. We also prove several properties shared among entropy solutions, in particular a lower barrier in the fast diffusion regime $m<1$. In the porous media regime $m\ge 1$, we study the decreasing rearrangement of solutions, which allows to prove an instantaneous growth of the support and a waiting time phenomenon. We also show exponential convergence of the solutions towards the spatial average in several topologies.

37 pages, 2 figures