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We investigate the existence of multiple bound states of prescribed mass for the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation on a noncompact metric graph. The main feature is that the nonlinearity is localized only in a compact part of the graph. Our…
We study the existence and qualitative properties of action ground-states (that is, bound-states with minimal action) {of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation} over single-knot metric graphs -- which are made of half-lines, loops and…
We consider the problem of uniqueness of ground states of prescribed mass for the Nonlinear Schr\"odinger Energy with power nonlinearity on noncompact metric graphs. We first establish that the Lagrange multiplier appearing in the NLS…
The excited states of a charged particle interacting with the quantized electromagnetic field and an external potential all decay, but such a particle should have a true ground state--one that minimizes the energy and satisfies the…
On a star graph made of $N \geq 3$ halflines (edges) we consider a Schr\"odinger equation with a subcritical power-type nonlinearity and an attractive delta interaction located at the vertex. From previous works it is known that there…
In this manuscript, we shall investigate the Nonlinear Magnetic Schr\"odinger Equation on noncompact metric graphs, focusing on the existence of ground states. We prove that the magnetic Hamiltonian is variationally equivalent to a…
We consider a generalized nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS) with a power nonlinearity |\psi|^2\mu\psi, of focusing type, describing propagation on the ramified structure given by N edges connected at a vertex (a star graph). To model…
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 consider ground states of the $N$ coupled fermionic nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger systems with the Coulomb potential $V(x)$ in the $L^2$-subcritical case. By studying the associated constraint variational problem, we prove the existence of…
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 investigate the existence of ground states at prescribed mass on general metric graphs with half-lines for focusing doubly nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations involving both a standard power nonlinearity and delta nonlinearities located at…
We study the existence of ground states for the coupled Schr\"odinger system \begin{equation} \left\{\begin{array}{lll} \displaystyle -\Delta u_i+\lambda_i u_i= \mu_i |u_i|^{2q-2}u_i+\sum_{j\neq i}b_{ij} |u_j|^q|u_i|^{q-2}u_i \\ u_i\in…
The paper aims at giving a first insight on the existence/nonexistence of ground states for the $L^2$-critical NLS equation on metric graphs with localized nonlinearity. In particular, we focus on the tadpole graph, which, albeit being a…
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 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 investigate the ground state of a system of interacting particles in small nonlinear lattices with M > 2 sites, using as a prototypical example the discrete nonlinear Schroedinger equation that has been recently used extensively in the…
As an application of the finite-rank Lieb-Thirring inequality established in [R. L. Frank, D. Gontier and M. Lewin, Comm. Math. Phys., 2021], we study ground states of mass-critical N-coupled Fermi nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger systems with…
We investigate the existence of ground states for the subcritical NLS energy on metric graphs. In particular, we find out a topological assumption that guarantees the nonexistence of ground states, and give an example in which the…
In this work, we construct and quantify asymptotically in the limit of large mass a variety of edge-localized stationary states of the focusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation on a quantum graph. The method is applicable to general bounded…
We investigate the ground states for the focusing, subcritical nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with a point defect in dimension two, defined as the minimizers of the energy functional at fixed mass. We prove that ground states exist for…