Existence results for the periodic Thomas-Fermi-Dirac-von Weizsäcker equations (Q277967)

Summary: We consider the Thomas-Fermi-Dirac-von Weizsäcker equation \(-\Delta u+V(x)u+(u^2\star(1 / | x|))u=\lambda | u|^{p-2} u-| u|^{q-2}u\), \(u \in H^1(\mathbb R^3)\), where \(\lambda >0\) is a parameter, \(2<p<q<6\), \(V \in L^{\infty}(\mathbb R^3)\) is 1-periodic in \(x_j\), for \(j=1,2,3\), and 0 is in a spectral gap of the operator \(-\Delta +V\). Using a new infinite-dimensional linking theorem, we prove that, for sufficiently small \(\lambda > 0\), this equation has a nontrivial solution.