Energy estimates for seminodal solutions to an elliptic system with mixed couplings (Q2104031)

Some semilinear elliptic systems with mixed couplings on the whole space \(\mathbb{R}^N\) are studied in this paper. Sufficient conditions are given in order to obtain fully nontrivial (i.e., with all nonzero components) solutions in the Sobolev space \(H^1(\mathbb{R}^N)\). Upper estimates to the energy of the system are also obtained, they are a useful auxiliary tool all along the paper. The so-called unimodal or semi-positive solutions are especially interesting. The method of proof uses symmetries combined with concentration-compactness arguments. Also, solutions with positive and non-radial signs changing components to an associated singularly perturbed system on the unit ball are exhibited.