New singular solutions of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (Q2507960)

The authors present nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLS) simulations of solutions that blow up with a quasi-self-similar ring profile at a square-root blowup rate up to focusing levels of \(10^6\), at which point the numerical code may become unreliable. In particular, the solution does not change into the Townes profile, nor does it blow up with the log\,log blowup rate. The authors find the equation of the ring profile and present one-parameter families of ring and multi-ring solutions. Using these solutions the authors construct explicit self-similar ring solutions of the NLS that blowup at a square root blow-up rate. The authors test the stability of the ring profiles and show numerically that the self-similar ring profile is a strong attractor in the radially symmetric case, but not under symmetry breaking perturbations. They also observe that multi-ring solutions are unstable even in the radially-symmetric case. Moreover, they show that the supercritical NLS also admits collapsing ring solutions, but that they are quite different from the critical ring solutions.