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We present a flat (K=0) cosmological model, described by a perfect fluid with the ``constants'' $G,c$ and $\Lambda$ varying with cosmological time $t$. We introduce Planck\'s ``constant'' $\hbar$ in the field equations through the equation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 José Antonio Belinchón , Antonio Alfonso-Faus

The late-time distribution function P(x,t) of a particle diffusing in a one-dimensional logarithmic potential is calculated for arbitrary initial conditions. We find a scaling solution with three surprising features: (i) the solution is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-12-15 Ori Hirschberg , David Mukamel , Gunter M. Schütz

This paper is concerned with the regularity of solutions to linear and nonlinear evolution equations on nonsmooth domains. In particular, we study the smoothness in the specific scale $\ B^r_{\tau,\tau}, \…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-11-26 Stephan Dahlke , Cornelia Schneider

The Einstein static (ES) universe has played a major role in various emergent scenarios recently proposed in order to cure the problem of initial singularity of the standard model of cosmology. In the herein model, we study the existence…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-01-23 Hamid Shabani , Amir Hadi Ziaie

We study the quantum mechanics of the derivative nonlinear Schrodinger equation which has appeared in many areas of physics and is known to be classically integrable. We find that the N-body quantum problem is exactly solvable with both…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-02-03 Diptiman Sen

In this paper we consider the long time behavior of solutions to the cubic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation posed on the spatial domain $\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{T}^{d}$, $1\leq d\leq4$. For sufficiently small, smooth, decaying data we prove…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-09-05 Grace Liu

The short-time behavior of quantum decay of an unstable state initially located within an interaction region of finite range is investigated using a resonant expansion of the survival amplitude. It is shown that in general the short-time…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-02-15 Sergio Cordero , Gastón García-Calderón

In this paper, we study semilinear elliptic systems with critical nonlinearity of the form \begin{equation}\label{sys01} \Delta u=Q(x, u, \nabla u), \end{equation} for $u: \mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^K$, $Q$ has quadratic growth in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-02-09 Weiyong He , Ruiqi Jiang

We consider the cubic-quintic nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equation in space dimension up to three. The cubic nonlinearity is thereby focusing while the quintic one is defocusing, ensuring global well-posedness of the Cauchy problem in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-12-07 Rémi Carles , Christof Sparber

The behavior of a arbitrary coupled quantum scalar field is studied in the background of the G\"odel spacetime. Closed forms are derived for the effective action and the vacuum expectation value of quadratic field fluctuations by using…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-19 Eugen Radu , Dumitru Astefanesei

The Schr\"odinger equation is universally accepted due to its excellent predictions aligning with observed results within its defined conditions. Nevertheless, it does not seem to possess the simplicity of fundamental laws, such as Newton's…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-20 Xuefeng Bao

This paper concerns autonomous boundary value problems for 1D semilinear hyperbolic PDEs. For time-periodic classical solutions, which satisfy a certain non-resonance condition, we show the following: If the PDEs are continuous with respect…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-10 Irina Kmit , Lutz Recke

We prove a theorem showing that quantum mechanics is not directly a stochastic process characterizing Brownian motion but rather its square root. This implies that a complex-valued stochastic process is involved. Schr\"odinger equation is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-01-31 Marco Frasca

We construct the fundamental solution of $\partial_t-\Delta_y- q(t,y)$, for functions $q$ with a certain integral space-time relative smallness, in particular for those satisfying a relative Kato condition. The resulting transition density…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2008-09-22 Krzysztof Bogdan , Wolfhard Hansen , Tomasz Jakubowski

We discuss unique existence and microlocal regularity properties of Sobolev space solutions to the fractional Eringen wave equation, initially given in the form of a system of equations in which the classical non-local Eringen constitutive…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-12-14 Günther Hörmann , Ljubica Oparnica , Dušan Zorica

We investigate the following fractional order in time Cauchy problem \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} \mathbb{D}_{t}^{\alpha }u(t)+Au(t)=f(u(t)), & 1<\alpha <2, \\ u(0)=u_{0},\,\,\,u^{\prime }(0)=u_{1}. & \end{cases}% \end{equation*}% where…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-04 Edgardo Alvarez , Ciprian G. Gal , Valentin Keyantuo , Mahamadi Warma

We study the periodic non-linear Schrodinger equations with odd integer power nonlinearities, for initial data which are assumed to be small in some negative order Sobolev space, but which may have large L^2 mass. These equations are known…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Michael Christ , James Colliander , Terence Tao

This paper argues that the requirement of applicableness of quantum linearity to any physical level from molecules and atoms to the level of macroscopic extensional world, which leads to a main foundational problem in quantum theory…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-06-25 Arkady Bolotin

In this paper, we study the local gradient regularity of non-negative weak solutions to doubly nonlinear parabolic partial differential equations of the type \begin{align*} \partial_t u^q - \mbox{div}\, A(x,t,Du)=0 \qquad\mbox{in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-13 Michael Strunk

The nonlinear Schrodinger equation is well known as a universal equation in the study of wave motion. In the context of wave motion at the free surface of an incompressible fluid, the equation accurately predicts the evolution of modulated…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-03-05 John D. Carter , Christopher W. Curtis , Henrik Kalisch