Conditional stable soliton resolution for a semi-linear Skyrme equation

Abstract: We study a semi-linear version of the Skyrme system due to Adkins and Nappi. The objects in this system are maps from

(1 + 3)

-dimensional Minkowski space into the

3

-sphere and 1-forms on

m a t h b b R^{1 + 3}

, coupled via a Lagrangian action. Under a co-rotational symmetry reduction we establish the existence, uniqueness, and unconditional asymptotic stability of a family of stationary solutions

Q_{n}

, indexed by the topological degree

n i n m a t h b b N c u p 0

of the underlying map. We also prove that an arbitrarily large equivariant perturbation of

Q_{n}

leads to a globally defined solution that scatters to

Q_{n}

in infinite time as long as the critical norm for the solution remains bounded on the maximal interval of existence given by the local Cauchy theory. We remark that the evolution equations are super-critical with respect to the conserved energy.

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The paper considers a version of a wave maps system into the three-sphere, a semi-linear modification of the Skyrme system. The system considered was proposed by Adkins and Nappi in mid 80s. Under a co-rotational symmetry assumption, it reduces to the 1d equation: \[ \psi_{tt} -\psi_{rr} -\frac{2}{r} \psi_r + \frac{\sin(2 \psi)}{r^2} + \frac{( \psi - \sin\psi \cos\psi)(1-\cos2 \psi)}{r^4} = 0 \] with initial conditions \[ (\psi(0),\psi_t(0))=(\psi_0,\psi_1) \] The authors consider solutions such that \(\lim_{r\to\infty}\psi(t,r)=n\pi\) for some fixed \(n\in\mathbb{Z}\) which is referred to as the degree of the map. The authors prove that for each \(n\) there exists a unique stationary solution, a soliton. The main aim of the paper is to provide progress towards the soliton resolution conjecture which states that any solution of degree \(n\) decomposes asymptotically into a soliton, a solution to the linear equation \[ \varphi_{tt} - \varphi_{rr} - \frac{2}{r}\varphi_r + \frac{2}{r^2} \varphi = 0 \] and lower order terms. Theorem \(1.1\) contains the main results of the paper, namely the proof of two partial versions of the conjecture: \begin{itemize} \item For initial data in the energy space and degree \(n\), close to a soliton in a suitable sense. \item Under the additional assumption that the difference between the nonlinear evolution and the soliton remains uniformly bounded in a suitable sense \end{itemize}

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