Quasilinear elliptic system arising in a three-dimensional type-II superconductor for infinite κ》.pdf

Nonlinear Analysis 52 (2003) 917–930 /locate/na Quasilinear elliptic system arisin gin a three-dimensional type-II superconductor for innite R. Monneau ∗ Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, CERMICS, 6 et 8 avenue Blaise Pascal, Cite Descartes Champs-sur-Marne, 455 Marne-la-Vallee Cedex 2, France Received 6 November 2000; accepted 19 December 2001 Abstract We study a quasilinear elliptic system arisin gin a three-dimensional superconductor . This model is formally derived from the Ginzburg–Landau energy at =+∞ for a Meissner solution. If the tangential trace of the magnetic eld H is given on @, we prove the existence of a unique solution for small data, and nonexistence for large data. On the other hand we prove that the current J = curl H is such that J2 is maximum on the boundary @. ? 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. MSC: 35B20; 35B30; 35J55; 35Q40 Keywords: Quasilinear elliptic system; Maximum principle; Ginzburg–Landau energy; Meissner solution; Inverse function theorem 1. Introduction In this paper we study a three-dimensional superconductor submitted to an exterior magnetic eld. The underlyin gmodel for the superconductor is the Ginzburg–Landau model which involves a parameter called the Ginzburg–Landau parameter in the literature [8,9,12]. When ¿ 1=√2 the superconductor is called of type-II, and