Global regularity and sharp decay to the 2D Hypo-Viscous compressible Navier-Stokes equations
Chen Liang, Zhaonan Luo, Zhaoyang Yin
TL;DR
This work analyzes the 2D isentropic hypo-viscous compressible Navier–Stokes equations with fractional dissipation $(-\Delta)^\beta$ for $\tfrac12\le\beta<1$. By transforming to $(a,u)$ with $\rho=a+1$, the authors prove global regularity for small initial data in $H^s$ ($s>1$) using an energy-dissipation framework and bootstrap arguments, revealing a parabolic smoothing effect. They then establish sharp long-time decay rates through a combination of improved Fourier splitting, time-weighted energy methods, and Littlewood-Paley/Besov techniques, obtaining decay $\|\Lambda^{s_1}(a,u)\|_{L^2} \lesssim (1+t)^{-(s_1+1)/(2\beta)}$ for $s_1\in[0,s]$, with matching lower bounds under appropriate conditions and extensions to $L^1$ data. The results provide a complete picture of global regularity and optimal decay for this hypo-viscous 2D compressible flow, complementing the known theory for the fully viscous and higher-dimensional cases. The methods combine rigorous energy estimates with harmonic-analysis tools to yield sharp decay in both Sobolev and Besov frameworks, highlighting the role of fractional dissipation in long-time behavior.
Abstract
In this paper, we consider the global regularity and the optimal time decay rate for the 2D isentropic hypo-viscous compressible Navier-Stokes equations. Firstly, we prove that there exists a global strong solution with the small initial data are close to the constant equilibrium state in $H^s$ framework with $s>1$. Furthermore, by virtue of improved Fourier splitting method and the Littlewood-Paley decomposition theory, we then establish the optimal time decay rate for low regularity data.
