Exponential decay of the local energy for the solutions of critical wave equations outside a convex obstacle (Q441340)

The author proves the exponential decay of local energy for the critical wave equation outside a convex obstacle with localized semilinearity. The proof relies on generalized Strichartz estimates and microlocal defect neasures. More precisely, recall that the author, in cooperation with \textit{M. Daoulatli} [Math. Z. 247, No. 3, 619--642 (2004; Zbl 1063.35033)], previously proved that the nonlinear Lax-Philips semigroup \(Z(t)\,\) is compact, for some \(t>0.\,\) Their proof was based on the properties of microlocal defect measures of \textit{P. Gérard} [Commun. Partial Differ. Equations 16, No. 11, 1761--1794 (1991; Zbl 0770.35001)] and used in a crucial way, the subcritical nature of the equation. In the present note this is not possible. The author overcomes this difficulty with the help of the ``energy balance theorem'' proved by Dehman and Gerard which is adapted in this case. Bchatnia proves that for some sequences of initial data \(Z(t)\) is, at infitiny, compact.