Global solutions for 2D quadratic Schrödinger equations (Q414409)

A global existence and a scattering theorem for a class of quadratic Schrödinger equations in dimension 2 with small initial data are proved. More precisely, the equation \[ \partial_{t}u+i\Delta u= \alpha Q(u,u)+\beta Q(\bar{u}, \bar{u}),\;\;\alpha, \beta \in \mathbb{C} \] is considered, with initial conditions \(u_{|t=2} = e^{-2i\Delta}u_{\ast}\), where \(Q\) is defined by the formula \(Q(f,g)(\xi)= \int {q(\xi,\eta) \hat f(\eta) \hat g(\xi-\eta)} \, d\eta\) and the symbol \(q\) is smooth, linear for \(| (\xi,\eta) | \leq 1\) and equal to \(1\) for \(| (\xi,\eta) | \geq 2\). It is proved that, if there exists \(\varepsilon >0\) such that if \(\|{<x>}^{2}u_{\ast}\| _{2} < \varepsilon\), then there exists a global solution of the Cauchy problem. Moreover, its behavior when \(t \rightarrow \infty\) can be controlled and the solution scatters, i.e. there exists \(f_\infty \in L^{2}\) such that \( \| f(t)-f_{\infty} \| _{2} \rightarrow 0\) as \(t\rightarrow \infty\). Here \(f\) denotes the profile defined by \(f(t)=e^{it\Delta}u(t)\). The proof is based on classical results of harmonic analysis and on the idea of space-time resonances.