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The point-like limit for a NLS equation with concentrated nonlinearity in dimension three

Mathematical Physics 2017-07-03 v2 Analysis of PDEs math.MP

Abstract

We consider a scaling limit of a nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS) with a nonlocal nonlinearity showing that it reproduces in the limit of cutoff removal a NLS equation with nonlinearity concentrated at a point. The regularized dynamics is described by the equation \begin{equation*} i\frac{\partial }{\partial t} \psi^\varepsilon(t)= -\Delta \psi^\varepsilon(t) + g(\varepsilon,\mu,|(\rho^\varepsilon,\psi^\varepsilon(t))|^{2\mu}) (\rho^\varepsilon,\psi^\varepsilon(t)) \rho^\varepsilon \end{equation*} where ρεδ0\rho^{\varepsilon} \to \delta_0 weakly and the function gg embodies the nonlinearity and the scaling and has to be fine tuned in order to have a nontrivial limit dynamics. The limit dynamics is a nonlinear version of point interaction in dimension three and it has been previously studied in several papers as regards the well-posedness, blow-up and asymptotic properties of solutions. Our result is the first justification of the model as the point limit of a regularized dynamics.

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@article{arxiv.1511.06731,
  title  = {The point-like limit for a NLS equation with concentrated nonlinearity in dimension three},
  author = {Claudio Cacciapuoti and Domenico Finco and Diego Noja and Alessandro Teta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.06731},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

34 pages. Major changes in the introduction, updated references, corrected several minor misprints