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Multiple normalized solutions for a Sobolev critical Schr\"odinger equation

Analysis of PDEs 2021-06-29 v2

Abstract

We study the existence of standing waves, of prescribed L2L^2-norm (the mass), for the nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation with mixed power nonlinearities itϕ+Δϕ+μϕϕq2+ϕϕ22=0,(t,x)R×RN, i \partial_t \phi + \Delta \phi + \mu \phi |\phi|^{q-2} + \phi |\phi|^{2^* - 2} = 0, \quad (t, x) \in R \times R^N, where N3N \geq 3, ϕ:R×RNC\phi: R \times R^N \to C, μ>0\mu > 0, 2<q<2+4/N2 < q < 2 + 4/N and 2=2N/(N2)2^* = 2N/(N-2) is the critical Sobolev exponent. It was already proved that, for small mass, ground states exist and correspond to local minima of the associated Energy functional. It was also established that despite the nonlinearity is Sobolev critical, the set of ground states is orbitally stable. Here we prove that, when N4N \geq 4, there also exist standing waves which are not ground states and are located at a mountain-pass level of the Energy functional. These solutions are unstable by blow-up in finite time. Our study is motivated by a question raised by N. Soave.

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@article{arxiv.2011.02945,
  title  = {Multiple normalized solutions for a Sobolev critical Schr\"odinger equation},
  author = {Louis Jeanjean and Thanh Trung LE},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.02945},
  year   = {2021}
}

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This version corresponds to Online one published in Mathematische Annalen

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