Rigidity results for a triple junction solution of Allen-Cahn system

Abstract

For the two dimensional Allen-Cahn system with a triple-well potential, previous results established the existence of a minimizing solution $u:\mathbb{R}^2\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^2$ with a triple junction structure at infinity. We show that along each of three sharp interfaces, $u$ is asymptotically invariant in the direction of the interface and can be well-approximated by the 1D heteroclinic connections between two phases. Consequently, the diffuse interface is located in an $O(1)$ neighborhood of the sharp interface, and becomes nearly flat at infinity. This generalizes all the results for the triple junction solution with symmetry hypotheses to the non-symmetric case. The proof relies on refined sharp energy lower and upper bounds, alongside a precise estimate of the diffuse interface location.