Minimal mass blow up solutions for a double power nonlinear Schrödinger equation (Q346648)

Summary: We consider a nonlinear Schrödinger equation with double power nonlinearity \[ i \partial_t u +\Delta u+|u|^{4/d}u+ \epsilon |u|^{p-1}u=0, \;\epsilon \in \{-1,0,1\}, \; 1 < p <1 + \frac {4}{d} \] in \(\mathbb R^d\) (\(d=1,2,3\)). Classical variational arguments ensure that \(H^1(\mathbb R^d)\) data with \(\|{u_0}\|_{2}<\|{Q}\|_{2}\) lead to global in time solutions, where \(Q\) is the ground state of the mass critical problem (\(\epsilon=0\)). We are interested by the threshold dynamic \(\|{u_0}\|_{2}=\|{Q}\|_{2}\) and in particular by the existence of finite time blow up minimal solutions. For \(\epsilon=0\), such an object exists thanks to the explicit conformal symmetry, and is in fact unique from the seminal work [\textit{F. Merle}, Duke Math. J. 69, No. 2, 427--454 (1993; Zbl 0808.35141)]. For \(\epsilon=-1\), simple variational arguments ensure that minimal mass data lead to global in time solutions. We investigate in this paper the case \(\epsilon=1\), exhibiting a new class of minimal blow up solutions with blow up rates deeply affected by the double power nonlinearity. The analysis adapts the recent approach [the third author and \textit{J. Szeftel}, J. Am. Math. Soc. 24, No. 2, 471--546 (2011; Zbl 1218.35226)] for the construction of minimal blow up elements.