On the role of quadratic oscillations in nonlinear Schrödinger equations. (Q1413980)

The authors study the following Cauchy problem \[ \begin{cases} i\varepsilon \partial _t u^\varepsilon + \frac{1}{2}\varepsilon ^2\Delta u^\varepsilon = \varepsilon ^{n\sigma }\left| {u^\varepsilon } \right| ^{2\sigma }u^\varepsilon, &(t,x) \in \mathbb R_ + \times \mathbb R^n, \\ u_{|{\,t=0}}^\varepsilon = u_0^\varepsilon ,\end{cases} \] where \(\varepsilon\in ]0,1]\), \(\sigma>2/n\), and \(\sigma<2/(n-2)\) if \(n\geq 3\), \(u_0^\varepsilon\in H^1(\mathbb R^n)\), \(\sup_{0 < \varepsilon \leq 1} (\| u_0^\varepsilon\| _{L^2 } + \| \varepsilon \nabla u_0^\varepsilon\| _{L^2}<\infty\), \(\limsup_{\varepsilon \to 0} \varepsilon ^{n\sigma }\| u_0^\varepsilon\| _{L^{2\sigma + 2}}^{2\sigma + 2} = 0\). This case includes the case of initial data \[ u_{| \,t = 0}^\varepsilon = \sum_{j = 1}^J f_j ( x) e^{i\frac{\varphi _j ( x )}{\varepsilon }}. \] It is proved that the nonlinear term \(\varepsilon ^{n\sigma }| {u^\varepsilon } | ^{2\sigma }u^\varepsilon\) can always be neglected if non of the phases \(\varphi_j\) is quadratic. The case where all the phases \(\varphi_j\) are quadratic is also studied. In the appendix, the authors transpose the results to the case of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with harmonic potential.