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Nonlinear bound states with prescribed angular momentum

Analysis of PDEs 2024-11-28 v5 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We prove the existence of a class of orbitally stable bound state solutions to nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations with super-quadratic confinement in two and three spatial dimensions. These solutions are given by time-dependent rotations of a non-radially symmetric spatial profile which in itself is obtained via a doubly constrained energy minimization. One of the two constraints imposed is the total mass, while the other is given by the expectation value of the angular momentum around the z-axis. Our approach also allows for a new description of the set of minimizers subject to only a single mass constraint.

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@article{arxiv.2303.02236,
  title  = {Nonlinear bound states with prescribed angular momentum},
  author = {Irina Nenciu and Xiaoan Shen and Christof Sparber},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.02236},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

17 pages; more discussion regarding the regularity and irregularity of the doubly constrained set added (see lemma 2.6 and proposition 2.7)

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