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Scipio Cuccagna

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arXiv2009

On asymptotic stability of standing waves of discrete Schrödinger equation in $\Bbb Z$

We prove an analogue of a classical asymptotic stability result of standing waves of the Schrödinger equation originating in work by Soffer and Weinstein. Specifically, our result is a transposition on the lattice Z of a result by Mizumachi and it involves a discrete Schrödinger operator H. The decay rates on the potential are less stringent than in Mizumachi, since we require for the potential $q\in \ell ^{1,1}$. We also prove $|e^{itH}(n,m)|\le C < t > ^{-1/3}$ for a fixed $C$ requiring, in analogy to Goldberg and Schlag only $q\in \ell ^{1,1}$ if $H$ has no resonances and $q\in \ell ^{1,2}$ if it has resonances. In this way we ease the hypotheses on H contained in Pelinovsky and Stefanov, which have a similar dispersion estimate.

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arXiv2008

Orbitally but not asymptotically stable ground states for the discrete NLS

We consider examples of discrete nonlinear Schroedinger equations in Z admitting ground states which are orbitally but not asymptotically stable in l ^2(Z). The ground states contain internal modes which decouple from the continuous modes. The absence of leaking of energy from discrete to continues modes leads to an almost conservation and perpetual oscillation of the discrete modes. This is quite different from what is known for nonlinear Schroedinger equations in eucliedean spaces. We do not investigate connections with work on quasi periodic solutions as in M.Johansson & S.Aubry and of Bambusi & Vella

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arXiv2008

An invariant set in energy space for supercritical NLS in 1D

We consider radial solutions of a mass supercritical monic NLS and we prove the existence of a set, which looks like a hypersurface, in the space of finite energy functions, invariant for the flow and formed by solutions which converge to ground states.

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arXiv2008

On instability of excited states of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation

We introduce a new notion of linear stability for standing waves of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLS) which requires not only that the spectrum of the linearization be real, but also that the generalized kernel be not degenerate and that the signature of all the positive eigenvalues be positive. We prove that excited states of the NLS are not linearly stable in this more restrictive sense. We then give a partial proof that this more restrictive notion of linear stability is a necessary condition to have orbital stability.

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arXiv2008

On asymptotic stability in energy space of ground states for Nonlinear Schrödinger equations

We consider nonlinear Schrödinger equations in dimension 3 or higher. We prove that symmetric finite energy solutions close to orbitally stable ground states converge asymptotically to a sum of a ground state and a dispersive wave assuming the so called Fermi Golden Rule (FGR) hypothesis. We improve the sign condition required in a recent paper by Gang Zhou and I.M.Sigal

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arXiv2008

On asymptotic stability in 3D of kinks for the $ϕ^4$ model

We add to a kink, which is a 1 dimensional structure, two transversal directions. We then check its asymptotic stability with respect to compactly supported perturbations in 3D and a time evolution under a Nonlinear Wave Equation (NLW). The problem is inspired by work by Jack Xin on asymptotic stability in dimension larger than 1 of fronts for reaction diffusion equations. The proof involves a separation of variables. The transversal variables are treated as in work on Nonlinear Klein Gordon Equation (NLKG) originating from Klainerman and from Shatah in a particular elaboration due to Delort and others. The longitudinal variable is treated by means of a result by Weder on dispersion for Schroedinger operators in 1D.

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arXiv2007

Dispersion for Schrödinger equation with periodic potential in 1D

We extend a result on dispersion for solutions of the linear Schrödinger equation, proved by Firsova for operators with finitely many energy bands only, to the case of smooth potentials in 1D with infinitely many bands. The proof consists in an application of the method of stationary phase. Estimates for the phases, essentially the band functions, follow from work by Korotyaev. Most of the paper is devoted to bounds for the Bloch functions. For these bounds we need a detailed analysis of the quasimomentum function and the uniformization of the inverse of the quasimomentum function

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arXiv2006

Nonlinear instability of a critical traveling wave in the generalized Korteweg -- de Vries equation

We prove the instability of a ``critical'' solitary wave of the generalized Korteweg -- de Vries equation, the one with the speed at the border between the stability and instability regions. The instability mechanism involved is ``purely nonlinear'', in the sense that the linearization at a critical soliton does not have eigenvalues with positive real part. We prove that critical solitons correspond generally to the saddle-node bifurcation of two branches of solitons.

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