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Concentration behavior of normalized ground states for mass critical Kirchhoff equations in bounded domains

Analysis of PDEs 2026-01-14 v1

Abstract

In present paper, we study the limit behavior of normalized ground states for the following mass critical Kirchhoff equation {(a+bΩu2dx)Δu+V(x)u=μu+βu83u\mboxin Ω,u=0\mboxon Ω,Ωu2dx=1, \left\{\begin{array}{ll} -(a+b\int_{\Omega}|\nabla u|^2\mathrm{d}x)\Delta u+V(x)u=\mu u+\beta^*|u|^{\frac{8}{3}}u &\mbox{in}\ {\Omega}, \\[0.1cm] u=0&\mbox{on}\ {\partial\Omega}, \\[0.1cm] \int_{\Omega}|u|^2\mathrm{d}x=1, \\[0.1cm] \end{array} \right. where a0a\geq0, b>0b>0, the function V(x)V(x) is a trapping potential in a bounded domain ΩR3\Omega\subset\mathbb R^3, β:=b2Q283\beta^*:=\frac{b}{2}|Q|_2^{\frac{8}{3}} and QQ is the unique positive radially symmetric solution of equation 2Δu+13uu83u=0.-2\Delta u+\frac{1}{3}u-|u|^{\frac{8}{3}}u=0. We consider the existence of constraint minimizers for the associated energy functional involving the parameter aa. The minimizer corresponds to the normalized ground state of above problem, and it exists if and only if a>0a>0. Moreover, when V(x)V(x) attains its flattest global minimum at an inner point or only at the boundary of Ω\Omega, we analyze the fine limit profiles of the minimizers as a0a\searrow 0, including mass concentration at an inner point or near the boundary of Ω\Omega. In particular, we further establish the local uniqueness of the minimizer if it is concentrated at a unique inner point.

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@article{arxiv.2409.05130,
  title  = {Concentration behavior of normalized ground states for mass critical Kirchhoff equations in bounded domains},
  author = {Shubin Yu and Chen Yang and Chun-Lei Tang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.05130},
  year   = {2026}
}