An existence and stability result for standing waves of nonlinear Schrödinger equations (Q930317)

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An existence and stability result for standing waves of nonlinear Schrödinger equations
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    An existence and stability result for standing waves of nonlinear Schrödinger equations (English)
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    27 June 2008
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    Considered is the nonlinear Schrödinger equation \(i u_t + \Delta u = V(x) g(u)\), where \(V(x)\) is a real-valued potential and \(g\) satisfies \(g(e^{i\theta}s) = e^{i\theta} g(s)\) for real \(s,\theta\). Standing waves are solutions of the form \(u(t,x) = e^{i\lambda t} \phi(x)\), where \(\phi\) is a real solution of the elliptic equation \(-\Delta \phi + \lambda \phi = V(x) g(\phi)\). The authors use mountain pass type arguments to prove the existence of non-negative solutions \(\phi_\lambda\) for small positive values of \(\lambda\) under sufficiently general conditions on the behaviour of \(V(x)\) at infinity and \(g(s)\) near zero. Next, stability of the corresponding solution \(e^{i\lambda t} \phi_\lambda\) of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation is considered under additional conditions on the behaviour of the derivative \(g'\) near zero and at infinity.
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    nonlinear Schrödinger equation
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    existence of solutions
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    orbital stability
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