Existence of hylomorphic solitary waves in Klein-Gordon and in Klein-Gordon-Maxwell equations (Q1030950)

The authors study solitary waves whose existence is related to the ratio energy/charge, and which are usually called hylomorphic. The class includes in particular the \(Q\)-balls which are spherically symmetric solutions of the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation, as well as solitary waves and vortices appearing, by the same mechanism, in the nonlinear Schrödinger equation and the gauge theories. An abstract theorem is proved which allows to derive existence of hylomorphic solitary waves and vortices both for the nonlinear Klein-Gordon and for the nonlinear Klein-Gordon-Maxwell equations.