Piston problem to the isentropic Euler equations for modified Chaplygin gas

Abstract: In this paper, we solve constructively the piston problem for one-dimensional isentropic Euler equations of modified Chaplygin gas. In solutions, we prove rigorously the global existence and uniqueness of a shock wave separating constant states ahead of the piston when the piston pushed forward into the gas. It is quite different from the results of Chaplygin gas or generalized Chaplygin gas in which a Radon measure solution is constructed to deal with concentration of mass on the piston. When the piston pulled back from the gas, we strictly confirm only the first family rarefaction wave exists in front of the piston and the concentration will never occur. In addition, by studying the limiting behavior, we show that the piston solutions of modified Chaplygin gas equations tend to the piston solutions of generalized or pure Chaplygin gas equations as a single parameter of pressure state function vanishes.