Scattering states for the nonlinear wave equation with small data (Q2501603)

The authors consider an initial-boundary-value problem for the wave equation \(u_{tt}-\Delta u+a(x)\,u=f(u)\) in the exterior domain outside a compact obstacle in \({\mathbb R}^ n\) with a smooth boundary, where \(n\geq 3,\) the obstacle is convex if \(n\) is even, and the nonlinear term \(f\) and the dissipation term \(a\) satisfy certain restrictions. The existence of scattering states is studied, an \(L^ 2\)-estimate on the solution is obtained, the large-time behavior of the solution is investigated, and it is shown that the energy does not decay as \(t\to+\infty.\)