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In this paper, we establish the existence of bounded states and geometrically distinct solutions for the subcritical NLS equation with attractive potential on metric graphs $\mathcal{G}$ when the mass $\mu$ is large enough.We show that the…
We investigate the existence and the uniqueness of NLS ground states of fixed mass on the half-line in the presence of a point interaction at the origin. The nonlinearity is of power type, and the regime is either $L^2$-subcritical or…
We investigate the existence and stability of ground states for the defocusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation on non-compact metric graphs. We establish a sharp criterion for the existence of action ground states in terms of the spectral…
We investigate which nonlocal-interaction energies have a ground state (global minimizer). We consider this question over the space of probability measures and establish a sharp condition for the existence of ground states. We show that…
We consider the minimization of the NLS energy on a metric tree, either rooted or unrooted, subject to a mass constraint. With respect to the same problem on other types of metric graphs, several new features appear, such as the existence…
We compare ground states for the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation on metric graphs, defined as global minimizers of the action functional constrained on the Nehari manifold, and least action solutions, namely minimizers of the action among…
We present a brief overview on the existence/nonexistence of standing waves for the NonLinear Schr\"odinger and the NonLinear Dirac Equations (NLSE/NLDE) on metric graphs with localized nonlinearity. We first focus on the NLSE, both in the…
We consider a nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS) posed on a graph or network composed of a generic compact part to which a finite number of half-lines are attached. We call this structure a starlike graph. At the vertices of the graph…
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…
We review some recent results on the minimization of the energy associated to the nonlinear Schr\"odinger Equation on non-compact graphs. Starting from seminal results given by the author together with C. Cacciapuoti, D. Finco, and D. Noja…
We investigate the existence of ground states for the focusing nonlinear Schroedinger equation on a prototypical doubly periodic metric graph. When the nonlinearity power is below 4, ground states exist for every value of the mass, while,…
We consider a kind of nonlinear systems on a locally finite graphs $G=(V,E)$. We prove via the mountain pass theorem that this kind of systems has a nontrivial ground state solution which depends on the parameter $\lambda$ with some…
We study the defocusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation on noncompact metric graphs under general self-adjoint vertex conditions ensuring the existence of a negative eigenvalue of the Hamiltonian operator. First, we focus on the existence…
The purpose of this paper is to develop a general existence theory for constrained minimization problems for functionals defined on function spaces on metric measure spaces $(\mathcal M, d, \mu)$. We apply this theory to functionals defined…
We study existence and properties of ground states for the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with combined power nonlinearities \[ -\Delta u= \lambda u + \mu |u|^{q-2} u + |u|^{p-2} u \qquad \text{in $\mathbb{R}^N$, $N \ge 1$,} \] having…
Nonlinear dynamics on graphs has rapidly become a topical issue with many physical applications, ranging from nonlinear optics to Bose-Einstein condensation. Whenever in a physical experiment a ramified structure is involved, it can prove…
We study the existence and the properties of ground states at fixed mass for a focusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation in dimension two with a point interaction, an attractive Coulomb potential and a nonlinearity of power type. We prove…
We discuss the problem of establishing the existence of the Ground States for the subcritical focusing Nonlinear Schr\"odinger energy on a domain made of a line and a plane intersecting at a point. The problem is physically motivated by the…
We investigate the existence and the properties of normalized ground states of a nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation on a quantum hybrid formed by two planes connected at a point. The nonlinearities are of power type and $L^2$-subcritical,…
We show the existence and stability of ground state solutions (g.s.s.) for $L^2$-critical magnetic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations (mNLS) for a class of unbounded electromagnetic potentials. We then give non-existence result by…