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Singularities in Axisymmetric Free Boundaries for ElectroHydroDynamic Equations

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We consider singularities in the ElectroHydroDynamic equations. In a regime where we are allowed to neglect surface tension, and assuming that the free surface is given by an injective curve and that either the fluid velocity or the electric field satisfies a certain non-degeneracy condition, we prove that either the fluid region or the gas region is asymptotically a cusp. Our proofs depend on a combination of monotonicity formulas and a non-vanishing result by Caffarelli and Friedman. As a by-product of our analysis we also obtain a special solution with convex conical air-phase which we believe to be new.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Thea-Leymann-Strasse 9, 45127, Essen, Germany

    Mariana Smit Vega Garcia & Georg S. Weiss

  2. Faculty of Mathematics, “Al. I. Cuza” University, Bdul. Carol I, nr. 11, 700506, Iaşi, Romania

    Eugen Vărvărucă

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Mariana Smit Vega Garcia and Georg S. Weiss have been partially supported by the project “Singularities in ElectroHydroDynamic equations” of the German Research Council.

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Garcia, M.S.V., Vărvărucă, E. & Weiss, G.S. Singularities in Axisymmetric Free Boundaries for ElectroHydroDynamic Equations. Arch Rational Mech Anal 222, 573–601 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00205-016-1008-9

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