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We consider the periodic fractional nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation $$ iu_t -(-\Delta)^{\frac{s}{2}} u + \mathcal{N}(|u|)u=0, \quad x\in \mathbb{T}^N,\, \, t \in \mathbb R, \, \, s>0, $$ where the nonlinearity term is expressed in two…
We consider time-independent solutions of hyperbolic equations such as $\d_{tt}u -\Delta u= f(x,u)$ where $f$ is convex in $u$. We prove that linear instability with a positive eigenfunction implies nonlinear instability. In some cases the…
Starting from a bound state (positive or sign-changing) solution to $$ -\Delta \omega_m =|\omega_m|^{p-1} \omega_m -\omega_m \ \ \mbox{in}\ \R^n, \ \omega_m \in H^2 (\R^n)$$ and solutions to the Helmholtz equation $$ \Delta u_0 + \lambda…
In this article, we aim to study the scattering of the solution to the focusing inhomogeneous nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with a potential of form \begin{align*} i\partial_t u+\Delta u- Vu=-|x|^{-b}|u|^{p-1}u \end{align*} in the energy…
We show that the solutions of the three-dimensional critical defocusing nonlinear wave equation with Neumann boundary conditions outside a ball and radial initial data scatter. This is to our knowledge the first result of scattering for a…
In the present paper we discuss stationary scattering theory for repulsive Hamiltonians. We show the existence and completeness of stationary wave operators and unitarity of the scattering matrix. Moreover we completely characterize…
In this work, we consider the generalized variable-coefficient nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation with non-vanishing boundary conditions at infinity including the simple and double poles of the scattering coefficients. By introducing an…
In this paper, the sharp threshold of scattering for the fractional nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation in the $L^2$-supercritical case is obtained, i.e., if $1+\frac{4s}{N}<p<1+\frac{4s}{N-2s}$, and $$…
Fully non-linear, plane-symmetric exact solutions of the Einstein equations describing the scattering of gravitational and electromagnetic waves have existed for many years. For these closed-form solutions to be found, idealized wave…
A robust and efficient field-only nonsingular surface integral method to solve Maxwell's equations for the components of the electric field on the surface of a dielectric scatterer is introduced. In this method, both the vector Helmholtz…
We prove that the initial value problem for the equation \[ - i\partial_t u + \sqrt{m^2-\Delta} \, u= (\frac{e^{-\mu_0 |x|}}{|x|} \ast |u|^2)u \ \text{in} \ \mathbb R^{1+3}, \quad m\ge 0, \ \mu_0 >0\] is globally well-posed and the solution…
Scattering of radial $H^1$ solutions to the 3D focusing cubic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation below a mass-energy threshold $M[u]E[u] < M[Q]E[Q]$ and satisfying an initial mass-gradient bound $\|u_0\|_{L^2} \|\nabla u_0 \|_{L^2} <…
We use blow-up solutions of nonlinear Helmholtz equations to introduce a nonlinear resonance effect that is capable of amplifying electromagnetic waves of particular intensity. To achieve this, we propose a scattering setup consisting of a…
We study the time-harmonic scattering by a heterogeneous object covered with a thin layer of randomly distributed sound-soft nanoparticles. The size of the particles, their distance between each other and the layer's thickness are all of…
In this paper we consider nodal radial solutions $u_\epsilon$ to the problem \[ \begin{cases} -\Delta u=\lambda ue^{u^2+|u|^{1+\epsilon}}&\text{ in }B,\\ u=0&\text{ on }\partial B. \end{cases} \] and we study their asymptotic behaviour as…
In this paper, we consider the following Cauchy problem of a weighted gradient system of semilinear wave equations \begin{equation*} \left\{ \begin{array}{lll} u_{tt}-\Delta u=\lambda |u|^{\alpha}|v|^{\beta+2}u,\quad v_{tt}-\Delta v=\mu…
We consider the 2D quasi-periodic scattering problem in optics, which has been modelled by a boundary value problem governed by Helmholtz equation with transparent boundary conditions. A spectral collocation method and a tensor product…
With appropriate hypotheses on the nonlinearity $f$, we prove the existence of a ground state solution $u$ for the problem \[(-\Delta+m^2)^\sigma u+Vu=\left(W*F(u)\right)f(u)\ \ \text{in }\ \mathbb{R}^{N},\] where $0<\sigma<1$, $V$ is a…
We consider the defocusing nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equation in several space dimensions, in the presence of an external potential depending on only one space vari-able. This potential is bounded from below, and may grow arbitrarily fast…
We consider a 3d cubic focusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with a potential $$i\partial_t u+\Delta u-Vu+|u|^2u=0,$$ where $V$ is a real-valued short-range potential having a small negative part. We find criteria for global…