Least energy solutions for nonlinear Schrödinger equations involving the half Laplacian and critical growth (Q300586)

The paper addresses a stationary version of the \(D\)-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a nonlocal linear operator, in the form of the ``square root of the Laplacian'', which replaces the usual local Laplacian, and an external potential. The nonlinear term is taken in the form of a self-focusing one, with the nonlinearity power \((D+1)/(D-1)\). The objective of the work is to prove the existence of ground states, with the respective wave function localized near all local minima of the external potential (if it has a set of several degenerate minima). The proof is based on variational methods.