Low energy scttering for nonlinear Klein-Gordon equations (Q1073265)

The semilinear Klein-Gordon equation \[ u_{tt}-\Delta u+m^ 2u+f(u)=0\quad (m\neq 0) \] in arbitrary space dimension \(n\geq 2\) is considered as a perturbation of the linear Klein-Gordon equation. It is shown that in the case of the Cauchy problem the scattering operator exists in a whole neighbourhood of the origin in energy space, provided f behaves like a power \(| u|^{\rho}\) with \(1+4/(n-1)<\rho <1+4/(n-2)\) \((\rho <\infty\) for \(n=2)\). This extends the range \(1+4/n\leq \rho \leq 1+4/n-1\) which was obtained by \textit{W. A. Strauss} before [J. Funct. Anal. 41, 110-133 (1981; Zbl 0466.47006)]. The proof consists of using weak decay estimates for the linear problem in the case of finite energy data combined with Schauder's fixed point theorem.