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On a model of rotating superfluids

Sylvia Serfaty — 2001

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

We consider an energy-functional describing rotating superfluids at a rotating velocity ω , and prove similar results as for the Ginzburg-Landau functional of superconductivity: mainly the existence of branches of solutions with vortices, the existence of a critical ω above which energy-minimizers have vortices, evaluations of the minimal energy as a function of ω , and the derivation of a limiting free-boundary problem.

Sur l'équation de Ginzburg-Landau avec champ magnétique

Sylvia Serfaty — 1998

Journées équations aux dérivées partielles

On étudie la fonctionnelle d’énergie de Ginzburg-Landau J ( u , A ) = 1 2 Ω | A u | 2 + | h - h e x | 2 + κ 2 2 ( 1 - | u | 2 ) 2 , qui modélise les supraconducteurs cylindriques soumis à un champ magnétique extérieur h e x , dans l’asymptotique κ . On trouve et on décrit des branches de solutions stables des équations associées. On a une estimation sur la valeur critique H c 1 ( κ ) de h e x correspondant à une «transition de phase» où des vortex (c.à.d. zéros de u ) deviennent énergétiquement favorables. On obtient également dans le cas d’un disque, que pour h e x H c 1 comme...

Systems with Coulomb interactions

Sylvia Serfaty — 2014

Journées Équations aux dérivées partielles

Systems with Coulomb and logarithmic interactions arise in various settings: an instance is the classical Coulomb gas which in some cases happens to be a random matrix ensemble, another is vortices in the Ginzburg-Landau model of superconductivity, where one observes in certain regimes the emergence of densely packed point vortices forming perfect triangular lattice patterns named Abrikosov lattices, a third is the study of Fekete points which arise in approximation theory. In this review, we describe...

Vortex collisions and energy-dissipation rates in the Ginzburg–Landau heat flow. Part I: Study of the perturbed Ginzburg–Landau equation

Sylvia Serfaty — 2007

Journal of the European Mathematical Society

We study vortices for solutions of the perturbed Ginzburg–Landau equations Δ u + ( u / ε 2 ) ( 1 | u | 2 ) = f ε where f ε is estimated in L 2 . We prove upper bounds for the Ginzburg–Landau energy in terms of f ε L 2 , and obtain lower bounds for f ε L 2 in terms of the vortices when these form “unbalanced clusters” where i d i 2 ( i d i ) 2 . These results will serve in Part II of this paper to provide estimates on the energy-dissipation rates for solutions of the Ginzburg–Landau heat flow, which allow one to study various phenomena occurring in this flow, including...

On a model of rotating superfluids

Sylvia Serfaty — 2010

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

We consider an energy-functional describing rotating superfluids at a rotating velocity , and prove similar results as for the Ginzburg-Landau functional of superconductivity: mainly the existence of branches of solutions with vortices, the existence of a critical above which energy-minimizers have vortices, evaluations of the minimal energy as a function of , and the derivation of a limiting free-boundary problem.

Néel and Cross-Tie wall energies for planar micromagnetic configurations

François AlougesTristan RivièreSylvia Serfaty — 2002

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

We study a two-dimensional model for micromagnetics, which consists in an energy functional over S 2 -valued vector fields. Bounded-energy configurations tend to be planar, except in small regions which can be described as vortices (Bloch lines in physics). As the characteristic “exchange-length” tends to 0, they converge to planar divergence-free unit norm vector fields which jump along line singularities. We derive lower bounds for the energy, which are explicit functions of the jumps of the limit....

Néel and Cross-Tie Wall Energies for Planar Micromagnetic Configurations

François AlougesTristan RivièreSylvia Serfaty — 2010

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations


We study a two-dimensional model for micromagnetics, which consists in an energy functional over -valued vector fields. Bounded-energy configurations tend to be planar, except in small regions which can be described as vortices (Bloch lines in physics). As the characteristic “exchange-length” tends to 0, they converge to planar divergence-free unit norm vector fields which jump along line singularities. We derive lower bounds for the energy, which are explicit functions of the...

Critical points of Ambrosio-Tortorelli converge to critical points of Mumford-Shah in the one-dimensional Dirichlet case

Gilles A. FrancfortNam Q. LeSylvia Serfaty — 2009

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

Critical points of a variant of the Ambrosio-Tortorelli functional, for which non-zero Dirichlet boundary conditions replace the fidelity term, are investigated. They are shown to converge to particular critical points of the corresponding variant of the Mumford-Shah functional; those exhibit many symmetries. That Dirichlet variant is the natural functional when addressing a problem of brittle fracture in an elastic material.

Critical points of Ambrosio-Tortorelli converge to critical points of Mumford-Shah in the one-dimensional Dirichlet case

Gilles A. FrancfortNam Q. LeSylvia Serfaty — 2008

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

Critical points of a variant of the Ambrosio-Tortorelli functional, for which non-zero Dirichlet boundary conditions replace the fidelity term, are investigated. They are shown to converge to particular critical points of the corresponding variant of the Mumford-Shah functional; those exhibit many symmetries. That Dirichlet variant is the natural functional when addressing a problem of brittle fracture in an elastic material.

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