Aggregation--Diffusion Equations with Regular or Repulsive Interactions: Gaussian and Self-Similar Asymptotics
Abstract
We study the large-time behavior of solutions to the aggregation--diffusion equation ut=Δu+∇·(u ∇ K*u) in ℝd. Our main results identify a transition, governed by the regularity and singularity of the interaction kernel, between Gaussian and nonlinear self-similar asymptotics. We prove that for regular interaction kernels, as well as for sufficiently mild singular repulsive kernels, the nonlinear drift is asymptotically negligible and solutions exhibit the same Gaussian large-time behavior as solutions of the linear heat equation. In contrast, for the critical logarithmic kernel $ K(x)=-\log |x|, $ the interaction persists at the diffusive scale and leads to genuinely nonlinear asymptotics. More precisely, for every mass M>0, we prove the existence and uniqueness of a self-similar solution of mass M and show that every solution with mass M and with finite second moment converges in all Lp-norms to this self-similar solution as t→∞.
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BibTeX
@misc{karch2026aggregationdiffusion,
title = {{Aggregation--Diffusion Equations with Regular or Repulsive Interactions: Gaussian and Self-Similar Asymptotics}},
author = {Grzegorz Karch and Yuri Soga},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.21456},
eprint = {2609.21456},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.21456},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Aggregation--Diffusion Equations with Regular or Repulsive Interactions: Gaussian and Self-Similar Asymptotics
AU - Grzegorz Karch
AU - Yuri Soga
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/18
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.21456
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.21456
AB - We study the large-time behavior of solutions to the aggregation--diffusion equation u_t=Δu+∇·(u ∇ K*u) in ℝ^d. Our main results identify a transition, governed by the regularity and singularity of the interaction kernel, between Gaussian and nonlinear self-similar asymptotics. We prove that for regular interaction kernels, as well as for sufficiently mild singular repulsive kernels, the nonlinear drift is asymptotically negligible and solutions exhibit the same Gaussian large-time behavior as solutions of the linear heat equation. In contrast, for the critical logarithmic kernel $ K(x)=-\log |x|, $ the interaction persists at the diffusive scale and leads to genuinely nonlinear asymptotics. More precisely, for every mass M>0, we prove the existence and uniqueness of a self-similar solution of mass M and show that every solution with mass M and with finite second moment converges in all L^p-norms to this self-similar solution as t→∞.
ER -