Periodic travelling waves of a forced Cahn-Hilliard equation
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We prove analytically the existence of a uniparametric family of periodic travelling waves for a Cahn-Hilliard equation with an external forcing term modelling the phase separation of a binary mixture of fluids with thermal diffusion. Some quantitative estimates on the solutions are derived.
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Cahn-Hilliard equation, phase separation, travelling wave, periodic solution, a priori estimatesHow to Cite
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