Post-Gaussian variational method for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation: Soliton behavior and blowup (Q1315975)

Several features of the general nonlinear Schrödinger equation \(i(\partial \psi/ \partial t) + \nabla^ 2 \psi + | \psi^* \psi |^ k \psi = 0\) in \(d\) spatial dimensions (with arbitrary parameter \(k)\) are discussed, by using Dirac's time-dependent variational principle and a more general class of variational wave functions than Gaussians. In particular, for the supercritical case \((kd>2)\) it is derived an approximation to the one-dimensional soliton solution; for the critical case \((kd=2)\) an estimate for the critical mass necessary for blowup is obtained.