On the Convergence of Solutions for the Ginzburg-Landau Equation and System

Abstract

Let $(u_\varepsilon)$ be a family of solutions of the Ginzburg--Landau equation with boundary condition $u_\varepsilon = g$ on $\partial \Omega$ and of degree $0$. Let $u_0$ denote the harmonic map satisfying $u_0 = g$ on $\partial \Omega$. We show that, if there exists a constant $C_1 > 0$ such that for $\varepsilon$ sufficiently small we have $\frac{1}{2} \int_\Omega |\nabla u_\ve|^2 dx \leq C_1 \leq \frac{1}{2} \int_\Omega |\nabla u_0|^2 dx,$ then $C_1 = \frac{1}{2} \int_\Omega |\nabla u_0|^2 dx$ and $u_\ve ~\to ~ u_0 \qin H^1(\Om)$. We also prove that if there is a constant $C_2$ such that for $\ve$ small enough we have $ \frac12 \int_\Om |\nabla u_\ve|^2 dx \geq C_2 > \frac12 \int_\Om |\nabla u_0|^2 dx,$ then $|u_{\ve}|$ does not converge uniformly to $1$ on $\overline{\Om} $. We obtain analogous results for both symmetric and non-symmetric two-component Ginzburg--Landau systems.