Nonlinear Schrödinger equation and Schrödinger-Poisson system in the semiclassical limit
(2011)
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- (en) The nonlinear Schrödinger equation appears in different fields of physics, for example in the theory of Bose-Einstein condensates or in wave propagation models. From a mathematical point of view, the study of this equation is interesting and delicate, notably because it can have a very rich set of solutions with various behaviours. In this thesis, we have been interested in standing waves, which satisfy an elliptic partial differential equation. When this equation is seen as a singularly perturbed problem, its solutions concentrate, in the sense that they converge uniformly to zero outside some concentration set, while they remain positive on this set. We have obtained three kind of new results. Firstly, under symmetry assumptions, we have found solutions concentrating on a sphere. Secondly, we have obtained the same type of solutions for the Schrödinger-Poisson system. The method consists in applying the mountain pass theorem to a penalized problem. Thirdly, we have proved the existence of solutions of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation concentrating at a local maximum of the potential. These solutions are found by a more general minimax principle. Our results are characterized by very weak assumptions on the potential.
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Di Cosmo, J. (2011). Nonlinear Schrödinger equation and Schrödinger-Poisson system in the semiclassical limit. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/156785