Dynamics of Interfaces in the Two-Dimensional Wave-Pinning Model

Date
2026/04/28 Tue 16:45 - 18:15
Room
6号館809号室
Speaker
上地泰慧
Affiliation
金沢大学 自然科学研究科 数物科学専攻 計算科学コース
Abstract

We discuss the mass-conserved reaction-diffusion system known as the wave-pinning model, which serves as a minimal framework for describing cell polarity. In this model, the interplay between reaction kinetics and slow diffusion forms a sharp interface that partitions the domain into high- and low-concentration regions. We perform a detailed asymptotic analysis and derive higher-order approximation equations governing the motion of this interface. Our results show that on a fast timescale, the interface evolves via propagating front dynamics, whereas on a slow timescale, it evolves as an area-preserving mean curvature flow. Furthermore, using the derived free boundary problem, we demonstrate that on a significantly slower timescale, an interface whose endpoints lie on the domain boundary drifts along the boundary toward regions of higher curvature.