On local energy decay for large solutions of the Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation

Abstract: We consider the Zakharov-Kutznesov (ZK) equation posed in $\mathbb R^d$, with $d=2$ and $3$. Both equations are globally well-posed in $L^2(\mathbb R^d)$. In this paper, we prove local energy decay of global solutions: if $u(t)$ is a solution to ZK with data in $L^2(\mathbb R^d)$, then [ \liminf_{t\rightarrow \infty}\int_{\Omega_d(t)}u^{2}({\bf x},t)\mathrm{d}{\bf x}=0, ] for suitable regions of space $\Omega_d(t)\subseteq \mathbb R^d$ around the origin, growing unbounded in time, not containing the soliton region. We also prove local decay for $H^1(\mathbb R^d)$ solutions. As a byproduct, our results extend decay properties for KdV and quartic KdV equations proved by Gustavo Ponce and the second author. Sequential rates of decay and other strong decay results are also provided as well.