RT Journal Article T1 On the loss of mass for the heat equation in an exterior domain with general boundary conditions A1 Rodríguez Bernal, Aníbal A1 Domínguez de Tena, Joaquín AB In this work, we study the decay of mass for solutions to the heat equation in exterior domains, i.e., domains which are the complement of a compact set in RN . Different homogeneous boundary conditions are considered, including Dirichlet, Robin, and Neumann conditions. We determine the exact amount of mass loss and identify criteria for complete mass decay, in which the dimension of the space plays a key role. Furthermore, the paper provides explicit mass decay rates. SN 1982-6907 YR 2023 FD 2023-10-30 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/88909 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/88909 LA eng NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España) NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid DS Docta Complutense RD 25 abr 2025