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From the mathematical side, nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations are usually investigated via variational methods, that cease to work in higher dimensions. This thesis tries to overcome this problem by focusing on spherically symmetric…
We consider the free linear Schroedinger equation on a torus $\mathbb T^d$, perturbed by a Hamiltonian nonlinearity, driven by a random force and damped by a linear damping: $$u_t -i\Delta u +i\nu \rho |u|^{2q_*}u = - \nu f(-\Delta) u +…
We analyse the scattering operator associated with the defocusing nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equation which captures the evolution of solutions over an infinite time-interval under the nonlinear flow of this equation. The asymptotic nature…
We study numerically the statistical properties of the modulation instability (MI) developing from condensate solution seeded by weak, statistically homogeneous in space noise, in the framework of the classical (integrable) one-dimensional…
We consider a system of rotators subject to a small quasi-periodic forcing. We require the forcing to be analytic and satisfy a time-reversibility property and we assume its frequency vector to be Bryuno. Then we prove that, without…
We consider the cubic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with an exceptional potential. We obtain a sharp time decay for the global in time solution and we get the large time asymptotic profile of small solutions. We prove the existence of…
The dynamics in a nonlinear Schrodinger chain in an homogeneous electric field is studied. We show that discrete translational invariant integrability-breaking terms can freeze the Bloch nonlinear oscillations and introduce new faster…
In this paper we consider the local well-posedness theory for the quadratic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with low regularity initial data in the case when the nonlinearity contains derivatives. We work in 2+1 dimensions and prove a…
We explore further the rarefaction wave-like solutions recently discussed in work of the second author with J. Colliander, T. Oh and G. Simpson for a model Hamiltonian dynamical system derived by Colliander-Keel-Staffilani-Takaoka-Tao to…
We examine a fractional Discrete Nonlinear Schrodinger dimer, where the usual first-order derivative of the time evolution is replaced by a non integer-order derivative. The dimer is nonlinear (Kerr) and PT -symmetric, and we examine the…
We consider a derivative nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with a general nonlinearity. This equation has a two parameter family of solitary wave solutions. We prove orbital stability/instability results that depend on the strength of the…
Non-perturbatively generated effective potentials play an extremely useful and often critical role in string and inflationary model building. These potentials are typically computed by methods that assume the system is in equilibrium. For…
A numerical exploration of a gain-loss nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation was carried out utilizing over 180000 core hours to conduct more than 10000 unique simulations in an effort to characterize the model's six dimensional parameter space.…
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 study scalar and vector modulation instabilities induced by the vacuum fluctuations in birefringent optical fibers. To this end, stochastic coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equations are derived. The stochastic model is equivalent to the…
We analyze the 1D focusing nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation in a finite interval with homogeneous Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions. There are two main dynamics, the collapse which is very fast and a slow cascade of Fourier modes.…
It is common practice to approximate a weakly nonlinear wave equation through a kinetic transport equation, thus raising the issue of controlling the validity of the kinetic limit for a suitable choice of the random initial data. While for…
We formulate a stochastic generalisation of the Schwinger effect, extending pair production to statistically fluctuating gauge-field backgrounds. Our approach captures realistic field configurations that are transient, inhomogeneous, and…
It is proven that periodically varying and sign definite nonlinearity in a general case does not prevent collapse in two- and three-dimensional nonlinear Schrodinger equations: at any oscillation frequency of the nonlinearity blowing up…
We present analytical results and numerical simulations for a class of nonlinear dispersive equations in two spatial dimensions. These equations are of (derivative) nonlinear Schr\"odinger type and have recently been obtained in \cite{DLS}…