On a coupled system of a Ginzburg–Landau equation with a quasilinear conservation law

Abstract

We study a coupled system of a complex Ginzburg–Landau equation with a quasilinear conservation law [Formula: see text] which can describe the interaction between a laser beam and a fluid flow (see [I.-S. Aranson and L. Kramer, The world of the complex Ginzburg–Landau equation, Rev. Mod. Phys. 74 (2002) 99–143]). We prove the existence of a local in time strong solution for the associated Cauchy problem and, for a certain class of flux functions, the existence of global weak solutions. Furthermore, we prove the existence of standing wave solutions of the form [Formula: see text] in several cases.