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Jakob Deutsch

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arXiv2026

Solid-solid phase transitions with space-dependent wells

We investigate a second-order Modica-Mortola functional of the form \[ E_\varepsilon[u] := \int_Ω\frac{1}{\varepsilon} W(x, \nabla u) + \varepsilon|\nabla^2 u|^2 \, dx, \] which models solid--solid phase transitions in heterogeneous media. We neglect the assumption of frame indifference in the elastic energy density $W$ while allowing for space-dependent, pointwise-compatible wells. Under suitable assumptions on $W$ and regularity conditions on the associated rank-one connection, we prove that $E_\varepsilon$ $Γ$-converges to a local interfacial energy defined for suitable laminate-type configurations.

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arXiv2026

A regularity result for $BV^{\mathcal{A}}(Ω)$

It is well known that distributions whose symmetrized gradient is a bounded Radon measure belong to the space $BD$ on bounded domains with $\mathcal{C}^1$ boundary. In this work, we extend this result to a broader class of first-order linear elliptic operators. More precisely, let $\mathcal{A}$ be a first-order linear elliptic operator satisfying the rank-one property. We prove that if a distribution defined on a Lipschitz domain has bounded $\mathcal{A}$-variation, then it belongs to the space $BV^{\mathcal{A}}$.

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arXiv2026

Low regularity potentials in heterogeneous Cahn--Hilliard functionals

In this paper, we study the prototypical model of liquid-liquid phase separation, the Cahn-Hilliard functional, in a highly irregular setting. Specifically, we analyze potentials with low regularity vanishing on space-dependent wells. Under remarkably weak hypotheses, we establish a robust compactness result. Strengthening the regularity of the wells and of the growth of the potential close to the wells only slightly, we completely characterize the asymptotic behavior of the associated family of functionals through a $Γ$-convergence analysis. As a notable technical result, we prove the existence of geodesics for a degenerate metric and establish a uniform bound on their Euclidean length.

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arXiv2025

A note on the recovery sequence in the double gradient model for phase transitions

We investigate the $\limsup$ inequality in the double gradient model for phase transitions governed by a Modica--Mortola functional with a double-well potential in two dimensions. Specifically, we consider energy functionals of the form \[ E_\varepsilon(u, Ω) = \int_Ω\left( \frac{1}{\varepsilon} W(\nabla u) + \varepsilon |\nabla^2 u|^2 \right) dx \] for maps $ u \in H^2(Ω; \mathbb{R}^2) $, where $ W $ vanishes only at two wells. Assuming a bound on the optimal profile constant -- namely the cell problem on the unit cube -- in terms of the geodesic distance between the two wells, we characterise the limiting interfacial energy via periodic recovery sequences as $\varepsilon \to 0^+$.

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