Existence of traveling waves for vector valued gradient flows

Abstract: Allen-Cahn equation is a fundamental continuum model that describes phase transitions in multi-component mixtures. We prove the existence of traveling waves for vector valued Allen-Cahn equations in the context of Ginzburg-Landau theories; in addition, we find the largest wave speed and provide its bounds from upper and below. Our method is based on a variation technique and can be applied to system of equations with a gradient flow structure.