Steady states of the conserved Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation

dc.creatorPoliti, Paolo
dc.creatorVaia, Ruggero
dc.date2006-09-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:23:40Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:23:40Z
dc.descriptionRecent work on the dynamics of a crystal surface [T.Frisch and A.Verga, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 166104 (2006)] has focused the attention on the conserved Kuramoto-Sivashinsky (CKS) equation: \partial_t u = -\partial_{xx}(u+u_{xx}+u_x^2), which displays coarsening. For a quantitative and qualitative understanding of the dynamics, the analysis of steady states is particularly relevant. In this paper we provide a detailed study of the stationary solutions and their explicit form is given. Periodic configurations form an increasing branch in the space wavelength-amplitude (lambda-A), with d(lambda)/dA>0. For large wavelength, lambda=4\sqrt{A} and the orbits in phase space tend to a separatrix, which is a parabola. Steady states are found up to an additive constant a, which is set by the dynamics through the conservation law \partial_t <u(x,t)>=0: a(lambda(t))=lambda^2(t)/48.
dc.description11 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0609545
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0609545
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/116064
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.subjectMaterials Science
dc.subjectPattern Formation and Solitons
dc.titleSteady states of the conserved Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation
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