On a phase-field system based on the Cattaneo law

Our aim in this paper is to study a generalization of the Caginalp phase-field system based on the Maxwell–Cattaneo law for heat conduction and endowed with Neumann boundary conditions. In particular, we obtain well-posedness results and study the dissipativity of the associated solution operators. We also prove, when the enthalpy is conserved, the existence of the global attractor. We finally study the spatial behavior of solutions in a semi-infinite cylinder, assuming that such solutions exist and have a proper (spatial) decay at infinity.