Multiplicity and concentration results for a fractional Choquard equation via penalization method (Q1710487)

The paper is focused on the nonlinear fractional Choquard equation \[ \varepsilon^{2s}(-\Delta)^su+V(x)u=\varepsilon^{\mu-N}\left(\frac{1}{|x|^{\mu}} * F(u)\right)f(u),\text{ in }\mathbb{R}^N,\tag{1} \] where \(\varepsilon\) is a positive parameter, \(s\in (0,1)\), \(N>2s\), \(0<\mu<2s\), the potential \(V:\mathbb{R}^N\to\mathbb{R}\) is a positive continuous function, the nonlinearity \(f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}\) is a continuous function with subcritical growth, \(F(t)=\int_0^tf(\tau)\) \(d\tau\), and the nonlocal operator \((-\Delta)^s\) is the fractional Laplacian. Under some assumptions on \(V\) and \(f\), the authors study the multiplicity and the concentration of positive solutions of equation \((1)\) by using the Ljusternik-Schnirelmann theory and a Moser iteration scheme.