Existence of traveling waves for a fourth order Schr\" odinger equation with mixed dispersion in the Helmholtz regime

Abstract

In this paper, we study the existence of traveling waves for a fourth order Schr\" odinger equations with mixed dispersion, that is, solutions to $$\Delta^2 u +\beta \Delta u +i V \nabla u +\alpha u =|u|^{p-2} u,\ in\ \R^N ,\ N\geq 2.$$ We consider this equation in the Helmholtz regime, when the Fourier symbol $P$ of our operator is strictly negative at some point. Under suitable assumptions, we prove the existence of solution using the dual method of Evequoz and Weth provided that $p\in (p_1 , 2N/(N-4)_+)$. The real number $p_1$ depends on the number of principal curvature of $M$ staying bounded away from $0$, where $M$ is the hypersurface defined by the roots of $P$. We also obtained estimates on the Green function of our operator and a $L^p - L^q$ resolvent estimate which can be of independent interest and can be applied to other operators.