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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…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-08-02 Claudio Cacciapuoti , Domenico Finco , Diego 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,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-03-13 Riccardo Adami , Simone Dovetta , Enrico Serra , Paolo Tilli

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-18 Élio Durand-Simonnet , Boris Shakarov

We consider the existence of normalized solutions to nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations on noncompact metric graphs in the $L^2$ supercritical regime. For sufficiently small prescribed mass ($L^2$ norm), we prove existence of positive…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-02 Simone Dovetta , Louis Jeanjean , Enrico Serra

We consider the subcritical nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation on non-compact quantum graphs with an attractive potential supported in the compact core, and investigate the existence and the nonexistence of Ground States, defined as…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-06 Riccardo Adami , Ivan Gallo , David Spitzkopf

We provide a non-uniqueness result for normalized ground states of nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations with pure power nonlinearity on polygons with homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions, defined as global minimizers of the associated…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Simone Dovetta , Enrico Serra , Lorenzo Tentarelli

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-03-07 Xinran Ruan

This paper is devoted to the existence of non-trivial bound states of prescribed mass for the mass-supercritical nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation on compact metric graphs. The investigation is based upon a general variational principle…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-10-24 Xiaojun Chang , Louis Jeanjean , Nicola Soave

We study the orbital stability of action ground-states of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation over two particular cases of metric graphs, the $\mathcal{T}$ and the tadpole graphs. We show the existence of stability transitions near the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-01 Francisco Agostinho , Simão Correia , Hugo Tavares

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-09 Élio Durand-Simonnet , Damien Galant , Boris Shakarov

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-01-19 Riccardo Adami , Filippo Boni , Raffaele Carlone , Lorenzo Tentarelli

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-09-28 Simone Dovetta , Lorenzo Tentarelli

We consider the existence of solutions for nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations on noncompact metric graphs with localized nonlinearities. In an $L^2$-supercritical regime, we establish the existence of infinitely many solutions for any…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-17 Pablo Carrillo , Damien Galant , Louis Jeanjean , Christophe Troestler

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,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-10 Filippo Boni , Raffaele Carlone , Ilenia Di Giorgio

We consider the Schroedinger equation with a subcritical focusing power nonlinearity on a noncompact metric graph, and prove that for every finite edge there exists a threshold value of the mass, beyond which there exists a positive bound…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-26 Riccardo Adami , Enrico Serra , Paolo Tilli

We study existence and properties of ground states for the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with combined power nonlinearities \[ -\Delta u= \lambda u + \mu |u|^{q-2} u + |u|^{2^*-2} u \qquad \text{in $\mathbb{R}^N$, $N \ge 3$,} \] having…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-17 Nicola Soave

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-06 Nicolò Cangiotti , Ivan Gallo , David Spitzkopf

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-02-06 William Borrelli , Raffaele Carlone , Lorenzo Tentarelli

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…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-10-18 Riccardo Adami , Claudio Cacciapuoti , Domenico Finco , Diego Noja

The nonlinear Schrodinger (NLS) equation is considered on a periodic metric graph subject to the Kirchhoff boundary conditions. Bifurcations of standing localized waves for frequencies lying below the bottom of the linear spectrum of the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-03-28 Dmitry E. Pelinovsky , Guido Schneider