Existence of solutions for the Keller-Segel model of chemotaxis with measures as initial data

A simple proof of the existence of solutions for the two-dimensional Keller-Segel model with measures with all the atoms less than $8\pi$ as the initial data is given. This result has been obtained by Senba--Suzuki and Bedrossian--Masmoudi using different arguments. Moreover, we show a uniform bound for the existence time of solutions as well as an optimal hypercontractivity estimate

Non-uniqueness of weak solutions for the fractal Burgers equation

The notion of Kruzhkov entropy solution was extended by the first author in 2007 to conservation laws with a fractional laplacian diffusion term; this notion led to well-posedness for the Cauchy problem in the $L^\infty$-framework. In the present paper, we further motivate the introduction of entropy solutions, showing that in the case of fractional diffusion of order strictly less than one, uniqueness of a weak solution may fail.Comment: 23 page

Hydrodynamics in an external field

The methods of statistical dynamics are applied to a fluid with 5 conserved fields (the mass, the energy, and the three components of momentum) moving in a given external potential. When the potential is zero, we recover a previously derived system of parabolic differential equations, called "corrections to fluid dynamics".Comment: extends results of math-ph/0105013 in the presence of an external field; to appear in Rep. Math. Phys. (2002

Global existence versus blow up for some models of interacting particles

We study the global existence and space-time asymptotics of solutions for a class of nonlocal parabolic semilinear equations. Our models include the Nernst-Planck and the Debye-Hukel drift-diffusion systems as well as parabolic-elliptic systems of chemotaxis. In the case of a model of self-gravitating particles, we also give a result on the finite time blow up of solutions with localized and oscillating complex-valued initial data, using a method by S. Montgomery-Smith.Comment: Colloq. Math. (to appear

Barenblatt profiles for a nonlocal porous media equation

We study a generalization of the porous medium equation involving nonlocal terms. More precisely, explicit self-similar solutions with compact support generalizing the Barenblatt solutions are constructed. We also present a formal argument to get the $L^p$ decay of weak solutions of the corresponding Cauchy problem.Comment: Note \`a para\^itre au Comptes-Rendus Math\'ematiqu