The defocusing energy-critical nonlinear Schrödinger equation in higher dimensions (Q2371897)

The author studies the initial-value problem for the defocusing energy-critical nonlinear Schrödin\-ger (NLS) equation in \(\mathbb{R}^n\times\mathbb{R}^n\), \(n\geq 5\) \[ iu_t+\Delta u=| u| ^{n/(n-2)};\quad u(0,x)=u_0(x),\quad (x,t)\in \mathbb{R}^n_x\times\mathbb{R}_t \tag{1} \] having the Hamiltonian \(E(u(t))=\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}(\frac12 | \nabla u(t,x)| ^2+\frac{n-2}{2n}| u(t,x)| ^{\frac{2n}{n-2}})\,dx\) preserved by the flow generating by the equation. The basic goal of the article is to extend predecessors' global wellposedness results to dimensions \(n \geq 5\) in the energy space: Theorem. For any \(u_0\) with finite energy \((E(u_0) < \infty)\) there exists a unique global solution \(u\in C_t^0\dot{H}_x^1\cap L_{t,x}^{2(n+2)/(n-2)}\) of (1) such that \(\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}| u(t,x)| ^{2(n+2)/(n-2)}\,dx\,dt\leq C\) for some constant \(C(E(u_0))\) depending only on the energy. Corollary. Let \(u_0\) have finite energy and let \(u\) be the unique global solution in \(C_t^0\dot{H}_x^1\cap L_{t,x}^{2(n+2)/(n-2)}\) to (1). Then there exist finite energy solutions \(u_\pm\) to the free Schrödinger equation \((i\partial_t+\Delta)u_\pm=0\) such that \(\| u_\pm(t)-u(t) \| _{\dot{H}_x^1}\to 0\) as \(t\to\pm\infty\). Furthermore, the maps \(u_0\mapsto u_\pm(0)\) are homeomorphisms from \(\dot{H}^1(\mathbb{R}^n)\) to \(\dot{H}^1(\mathbb{R}^n)\).