A moving boundary model motivated by electric breakdown: II. Initial value problem

Details A moving boundary model motivated by electric breakdown: II. Initial value problem A moving boundary model motivated by electric breakdown: II. Initial value problem

2009-08-18

arxiv.org/abs/0908.2521v1

Physica D 239, 1542-1559 (2010)

Nonlinear Sciences

Pattern Formation and Solitons

44 pages, 18 figures, paper submitted to Physica D

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.physd.2010.03.011

An interfacial approximation of the streamer stage in the evolution of sparks and lightning can be formulated as a Laplacian growth model regularized by a 'kinetic undercooling' boundary condition. Using this model we study both the linearized and the full nonlinear evolution of small perturbations of a uniformly translating circle. Within the linear approximation analytical and numerical results show that perturbations are advected to the back of the circle, where they decay. An initially analytic interface stays analytic for all finite times, but singularities from outside the physical region approach the interface for $t\to\infty$, which results in some anomalous relaxation at the back of the circle. For the nonlinear evolution numerical results indicate that the circle is the asymptotic attractor for small perturbations, but larger perturbations may lead to branching. We also present results for more general initial shapes, which demonstrate that regularization by kinetic undercooling cannot guarantee smooth interfaces globally in time.

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