We study
the long time behavior
of bounded, integrable solutions to a nonlocal diffusion equation,
the MathML source">∂tu=J⁎u−u, where
J is a smooth, radially symmetric kernel with support
the MathML source">Bd(0)⊂R2. The problem is set in an exterior two-dimensional domain which excludes a hole
the MathML source">H, and with zero Dirichlet data on
the MathML source">H. In
the far field scale,
the MathML source">ξ1≤|x|t−1/2≤ξ2 with
the MathML source">ξ1,ξ2>0,
the scaled function
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of the fundamental solution for
the local heat equation with a certain diffusivity determined by
J . The
proportionality constant, which characterizes
the first non-trivial term in
the asymptotic behavior
of the mass, is given by means
of the asymptotic ‘logarithmic momentum'
of the solution,
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of the initial data. In
the near field scale,
the MathML source">|x|≤t1/2h(t) with
the MathML source">limt→∞h(t)=0,
the scaled function
the MathML source">t(logt)2u(x,t)/log|x| converges to a multiple
of the MathML source">ϕ(x)/log|x|, where
ϕ is
the unique stationary solution
of the problem that behaves as
the MathML source">log|x| when
the MathML source">|x|→∞. The
proportionality constant is obtained through a matching procedure with
the far field limit. Finally, in
the very far field,
the MathML source">|x|≥t1/2g(t) with
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the solution is proved to be
of order
the MathML source">o((tlogt)−1).