The defocusing \(\dot{H}^{1/2}\)-critical NLS in high dimensions (Q379749)

The author proves conditional global existence and scattering (under a bound on the critical norm) of solutions of the defocusing \(\dot H^{\frac 12}\)-critical nonlinear Schrödinger equation in space dimensions greater than or equal to \(4\), extending the 3D result of Kenig and Merle. The proof follows the concentration-compactness/rigidity approach of Kenig and Merle, and uses a variant of the Morawetz inequality due to Lin and Strauss to prove the rigidity result.