Publication 22-CNA-007
Homogenization and Phase Separation with Space Dependent Wells - The Subcritical Case
Riccardo Cristoferi
Department of Mathematics - IMAPP
Radboud University
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
riccardo.cristoferi@ru.nl
Irene Fonseca
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
fonseca@andrew.cmu.edu
Likhit Ganedi
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
lganedi@andrew.cmu.edu
Abstract: A variational model for the interaction between homogenization and phase separation is considered. The focus is on the regime where the latter happens at a smaller scale than the former, and when the wells of the double well potential are allowed to move and to have discontinuities. The zeroth and first order $\Gamma$-limits are identified. The topology considered for the latter is that of two-scale, since it encodes more information on the asymptotic local microstructure. In particular, when the wells are non constant, the first order $\Gamma$-limit describes the contribution of microscopic phase separation, also in situations where there is no macroscopic phase separation. As a corollary, the minimum of the mass constrained minimization problem is characterized, and it is shown to depend on whether or not the wells are discontinuous. In the process of proving these results, the theory of inhomogeneous Modica Mortola functionals is strengthened.
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