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We study the spectral structure of the complex linearized operator for a class of nonlinear Schr\"odinger systems, obtaining as byproduct some interesting properties of non-degenerate ground state of the associated elliptic system, such as…
We give two-sided estimates of a ground state for Schr\"odinger operators with confining potentials. We propose a semigroup approach, based on resolvent and the Feynman--Kac formula, which leads to a new, rather short and direct proof. Our…
In a first part of this paper we investigate the continuity (stability) of the spectrum of a class of non-local Schr\"odinger operators on varying the potentials. By imposing conditions of different strength on the convergence of the…
We study the infimum of the spectrum, or ground state energy (g.s.e.), of a discrete Schr\"odinger operator on $\theta\mathbb{Z}^d$ parameterized by a potential $V:\mathbb{R}^d\rightarrow\mathbb{R}_{\ge 0}$ and a frequency parameter…
We study the spectral properties of a Schr\"odinger operator, in presence of a confining potential given by the distance squared from a fixed compact potential well. We prove continuity estimates on both the eigenvalues and the eigenstates,…
In this paper, we study 1-d random Schr\"odinger operators on a finite interval with Dirichlet boundary conditions. We are interested in the approximation of the ground state energy using the minimum of the effective potential. For the 1-d…
We study analytically the existence and uniqueness of the ground state of the nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation (NLSE) with a general power nonlinearity described by the power index $\sigma\ge0$. For the NLSE under a box or a harmonic…
An infinite sequence of potential well functions is considered. A trial wavefunction is used with the Schr$\ddot{\text{o}}$dinger equation to obtain an approximate ground state energy for each potential well function. We obtain an…
We consider the nonlinear Schr\''odinger equation on a strip with Neumann boundary conditions and a delta condition on the $x$-axis. First, we show the existence of ground states as minimizers of the action or of the energy under suitable…
We characterize the potential V (x) that minimizes the fundamental spectral gap of weighted Schr\"odinger operators on the interval [0,{\pi}] subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions, under the constraint that the potential V (x) is convex…
Given a Schr\"odinger operator with a real-valued potential on a bounded, convex domain or a bounded interval we prove inequalities between the eigenvalues corresponding to Neumann and Dirichlet boundary conditions, respectively. The…
In this paper we prove the existence, regularity and symmetry of a ground state for a nonlinear equation in the whole space, involving a pseudo-relativistic Schr\"odinger operator.
We investigate the relations between normalized critical points of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger energy functional and critical points of the corresponding action functional on the associated Nehari manifold. Our first general result is that…
We obtain lower bounds on the ground state energy, in one and three dimensions, for the spinless Salpeter equation (Schr\"odinger equation with a relativistic kinetic energy operator) applicable to potentials for which the attractive parts…
A Schr\"odinger operator that is bounded below and has a unique positive ground state can be transformed into a Dirichlet form operator by the ground state transformation. If the resulting Dirichlet form operator is hypercontractive, Davies…
In this paper we study spectral properties of a three-dimensional Schr\"odinger operator $-\Delta+V$ with a potential $V$ given, modulo rapidly decaying terms, by a function of the distance of $x \in \mathbb{R}^3$ to an infinite conical…
Motivated by the Ginzburg-Landau theory of superconductivity, we estimate in the semi-classical limit the ground state energy of a magnetic Schr\"odinger operator with De Gennes boundary condition and we study the localization of the ground…
We study Schroedinger operators with a random potential of alloy type. The single site potentials are allowed to change sign. For a certain class of them we prove a Wegner estimate. This is a key ingredient in an existence proof of pure…
One-dimensional Schr\"odinger operators with singular perturbed magnetic and electric potentials are considered. We study the strong resolvent convergence of two families of the operators with potentials shrinking to a point. Localized…
We study uniqueness and nondegeneracy of ground states for stationary nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations with a focusing power-type nonlinearity and an attractive inverse-power potential. We refine the results of Shioji and Watanabe (2016)…