Nonlinear Schrödinger equation in the Bopp-Podolsky electrodynamics: solutions in the electrostatic case (Q2631723)

The authors consider the system \[ \begin{cases} -\Delta u+\omega u+q^2\phi u=|u|^{p-2}u\\ -\Delta \phi +a^2\Delta^2 \phi=4\pi u^2 \end{cases} \quad \text{in }\mathbb{R}^3, \] where $u,\phi:\mathbb{R}^3\to \mathbb{R}$, $\omega,a>0$, $q\neq 0$. The above system arises when we couple a Schrödinger field $\psi=\psi(t,x)$ with its electromagnetic field in the Bopp-Podolsky electromagnetic theory, and, in particular, in the electrostatic case for standing waves $\psi(t,x)=\mathrm{e}^{i\omega t}u(x)$. The authors prove existence and nonexistence results and they also show that, in the radial case, the solutions approach to solutions of the classical Schrödinger-Poisson system as $a\to 0$.