Asymptotic solutions of Hartree equations concentrated near low-dimensional submanifolds. I. The model with logarithmic singularity (Q4804414)

The authors treat the spectral problem of the Hartree type equations (H. Eq.) \[ (-\hbar^2 \Delta+V+U) \psi=\lambda \psi,\quad \|\psi \|_{{\mathfrak L}^2}=1. \] Here \(U(x)=-(1/(4\pi)) \int|\psi (y)|^2/ |x-y|dy\); \(x,y\in\mathbb{R}^3\), \(\hbar\to 0\), and \(V\) is a smooth well potential. Using the Wigner function \(\rho_\psi(X,-i\hbar \partial/\partial x)u(x): =(u,\psi)\psi(x)\), the Vlasov equation (V.EQ.) of \(\rho= \lim_{\hbar \to 0}\rho_\psi\) is derived. The list of the particular solutions of V.EQ. contains \(\delta\)-functions supported on isotropic submanifolds \(\Lambda= \Lambda^2 \subset \mathbb{R}_x^3 \otimes\mathbb{R}_p^2\). Here, \(\Lambda\) satisfy \(dp\wedge dx|_\Lambda=0\), and projections of \(\Lambda\) onto \(\mathbb{R}_x^3\) are plane discs. They give a solution of the problem on quasimodes of H.Eq. in the plane disc case. That is, they consider the model equation \[ \partial_\xi^2 G+\partial_\eta^2G +(\xi-\iint \ln[\{(\xi-\xi')^2 +(\eta-\eta')^2\} /(\xi')^2]\cdot G^2(\xi',\eta')d\xi'd\eta')G=0, \] and study the asymptotics of the solutions \(G(\xi,\eta)\), called Airy polaron, that decay exponentially as \(|\eta|\to\infty\) and \(\xi\to-\infty\). The asymptotic expansions of \(G\) as \(\xi\to \pm\infty\) are found. For part II see ibid. 65, No. 6, 57-98 (2001; Zbl 1020.81017)].