Asymptotic behaviour, uniqueness and stability of coexistence states of a non-cooperative reaction-diffusion model of nuclear reactors

作者:Peng, Rui*; Wei, Dong; Yang, Guoying
来源:Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Section A Mathematics , 2010, 140: 189-201.
DOI:10.1017/S0308210509000298

摘要

We investigate a. non-cooperative reaction-diffusion model arising in the theory of nuclear reactors and are concerned with the associated steady-state problem. We determine the asymptotic behaviour of the coexistence states near the point of bifurcation from infinity; which exhibits the following very interesting spatial blow-up pattern: when the fuel temperature reaches a certain value, the free fast neutrons undergoing nuclear reaction will blow up in each spatial point of the interior of the reactor. Without any restriction on spatial dimensions; we also discuss the uniqueness and stability of the coexistence states. Our results complement and sharpen those derived in two recent works by Arioli and Lopez-Gomez.