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We investigate the ground states of the one-dimensional nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with a defect located at a fixed point. The nonlinearity is focusing and consists of a subcritical power. The notion of ground state can be defined in…
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We consider the mass-critical nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation on non-compact metric graphs. A quite complete description of the structure of the ground states, which correspond to global minimizers of the energy functional under a mass…
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…
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We investigate the existence of ground states for the nonlinear Schr\"odinger Equation on star graphs with two subcritical focusing nonlinear terms: a standard power nonlinearity, and a delta-type nonlinearity located at the vertex. We find…
We study the existence, the nonexistence, and the shape of the ground states of a Nonlinear Schr\"odinger Equation on a manifold called hybrid plane, that consists of a half-line whose origin is connected to a plane. The nonlinearity is of…
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We study the existence of solutions of the following nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation \begin{equation*} -\Delta u + \Big(V(x)-\frac{\mu}{|x|^2}\Big) u = f(x,u) \hbox{ for } x\in\mathbb{R}^N\setminus\{0\}, \end{equation*} where…
We consider here solutions of the nonlinear fractional Schr\"odinger equation $$\epsilon^{2s}(-\Delta)^s u+V(x)u=u^p.$$ We show that concentration points must be critical points for $V$. We also prove that, if the potential $V$ is coercive…
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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 prove the existence of ground state solutions for a class of nonlinear elliptic equations, arising in the production of standing wave solutions to an associated family of nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations. We examine two constrained…
We consider the stationary nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equation set on a tadpole graph with a repulsive delta vertex condition between the loop and the tail of the tadpole. We establish the existence of an action ground state when the size of…
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We establish the existence and provide explicit expressions for the stationary states of the one-dimensional Schr\"odinger equation with a repulsive delta-prime potential and a focusing nonlinearity of power type. Furthermore, we prove…
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