The Burgers equation with affine linear noise: Dynamics and stability

We study the dynamics of the Burgers equation on the unit interval driven by affine linear noise. Mild solutions of the Burgers stochastic partial differential equation generate a smooth perfect and locally compacting cocycle on the energy space. Using multiplicative ergodic theory techniques, we establish the existence of a discrete non-random Lyapunov spectrum for the cocycle. We establish a local stable manifold theorem near a hyperbolic stationary point, as well as the existence of local smooth invariant manifolds with finite codimension and a countable global invariant foliation of the energy space relative to an ergodic stationary point.