Published September 30, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

The transition from diffusion to blow-up for a nonlinear Schroedinger equation in dimension 1

  • 1. Dipartimento Matematica, Universita di Roma 'La Sapienza', Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Rome (Italy)
  • 2. Dipartimento di Matematica Pura ed Applicata, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 213/B, Modena 41100 (Italy)

Description

We consider the time-dependent one-dimensional nonlinear Schroedinger equation with a pointwise singular potential. We prove that if the strength of the nonlinear term is small enough, then the solution is well defined for any time, regardless of the choice of initial data; in contrast, if the nonlinearity power is larger than a critical value, for some initial data a blow-up phenomenon occurs in finite time. In particular, if the system is initially prepared in the ground state of the linear part of the Hamiltonian, then we obtain an explicit condition on the parameters for the occurrence of the blow-up

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0305-4470/38/8379/a5_39_006.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General (ISSN 1361-6447) http://www.iop.org/

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
39
Journal Page Range
p. 8379-8392
ISSN
0305-4470
CODEN
JPHAC5