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Yvan Martel

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arXiv2019

Description and classification of 2-solitary waves for nonlinear damped Klein-Gordon equations

We describe completely 2-solitary waves related to the ground state of the nonlinear damped Klein-Gordon equation \begin{equation*} \partial_{tt}u+2α\partial_{t}u-Δu+u-|u|^{p-1}u=0 \end{equation*} on $\bf R^N$, for $1\leq N\leq 5$ and energy subcritical exponents $p>2$. The description is twofold. First, we prove that 2-solitary waves with same sign do not exist. Second, we construct and classify the full family of 2-solitary waves in the case of opposite signs. Close to the sum of two remote solitary waves, it turns out that only the components of the initial data in the unstable direction of each ground state are relevant in the large time asymptotic behavior of the solution. In particular, we show that $2$-solitary waves have a universal behavior: the distance between the solitary waves is asymptotic to $\log t$ as $t\to \infty$. This behavior is due to damping of the initial data combined with strong interactions between the solitary waves.

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arXiv2019

Construction of multi-bubble solutions for the energy-critical wave equation in dimension 5

We prove the existence of a global solution of the energy-critical focusing wave equation in dimension $5$ blowing up in infinite time at any $K$ given points $z_k$ of $\mathbb{R}^5$, where $K\geq 2$. The concentration rate of each bubble is asymptotic to $c_k t^{-2}$ as $t\to \infty$, where the $c_k$ are positive constants depending on the distances between the blow-up points $z_k$. This result complements previous constructions of blow-up solutions and multi-solitons of the energy-critical wave equation in various dimensions $N\geq 3$.

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arXiv2019

Blowup on an arbitrary compact set for a Schödinger equation with nonlinear source term

We consider the nonlinear Schrödinger equation on ${\mathbb R}^N $, $N\ge 1$, \begin{equation*} \partial _t u = i Δu + λ| u |^αu \quad \mbox{on ${\mathbb R}^N $, $α>0$,} \end{equation*} with $λ\in {\mathbb C}$ and $\Re λ>0$, for $H^1$-subcritical nonlinearities, i.e. $α>0$ and $(N-2) α< 4$. Given a compact set $K \subset {\mathbb R}^N $, we construct $H^1$ solutions that are defined on $(-T,0)$ for some $T>0$, and blow up on $K $ at $t=0$. The construction is based on an appropriate ansatz. The initial ansatz is simply $U_0(t,x) = ( \Re λ)^{- \frac {1} {α}} (-αt + A(x) )^{ -\frac {1} {α} - i \frac {\Im λ} {α\Re λ} }$, where $A\ge 0$ vanishes exactly on $ K $, which is a solution of the ODE $u'= λ| u |^αu$. We refine this ansatz inductively, using ODE techniques. We complete the proof by energy estimates and a compactness argument. This strategy is reminiscent of~[3, 4].

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arXiv2019

Soliton dynamics for the 1D NLKG equation with symmetry and in the absence of internal modes

We consider the dynamics of even solutions of the one-dimensional nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation $\partial_t^2 ϕ- \partial_x^2 ϕ+ ϕ- |ϕ|^{2α} ϕ=0$ for $α>1$, in the vicinity of the unstable soliton $Q$. Our main result is that stability in the energy space $H^1(\mathbb R)\times L^2(\mathbb R)$ implies asymptotic stability in a local energy norm. In particular, there exists a Lipschitz graph of initial data leading to stable and asymptotically stable trajectories. The condition $α>1$ corresponds to cases where the linearized operator around $Q$ has no resonance and no internal mode. Recall that the case $α>2$ is treated in Krieger-Nakanishi-Schlag using Strichartz and other local dispersive estimates. Since these tools are not available for low power nonlinearities, our approach is based on virial type estimates and the particular structure of the linearized operator observed in Chang-Gustafson-Nakanishi-Tsai.

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arXiv2019

Full family of flattening solitary waves for the mass critical generalized KdV equation

For the mass critical generalized KdV equation $\partial_t u + \partial_x (\partial_x^2 u + u^5)=0$ on $\mathbb R$, we construct a full family of flattening solitary wave solutions. Let $Q$ be the unique even positive solution of $Q''+Q^5=Q$. For any $ν\in (0,\frac 13)$, there exist global (for $t\geq 0$) solutions of the equation with the asymptotic behavior \begin{equation*} u(t,x)= t^{-\fracν2} Q\left(t^{-ν} (x-x(t))\right)+w(t,x) \end{equation*} where, for some $c>0$, \begin{equation*} x(t)\sim c t^{1-2ν} \quad \mbox{and}\quad \|w(t)\|_{H^1(x>\frac 12 x(t))} \to 0\quad \mbox{as $t\to +\infty$.} \end{equation*} Moreover, the initial data for such solutions can be taken arbitrarily close to a solitary wave in the energy space. The long-time flattening of the solitary wave is forced by a slowly decaying tail in the initial data. This result and its proof are inspired and complement recent blow-up results for the critical generalized KdV equation. This article is also motivated by previous constructions of exotic behaviors close to solitons for other nonlinear dispersive equations such as the energy-critical wave equation.

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arXiv2019

Construction of 2-solitons with logarithmic distance for the one-dimensional cubic Schrodinger system

We consider a system of coupled cubic Schrödinger equations in one space dimension \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} i \partial_t u + \partial_x^2 u +(|u|^2 + ω|v|^2) u =0\\ i \partial_t v + \partial_x^2 v+ (|v|^2 + ω|u|^2) v=0 \end{cases}\quad (t,x)\in {\bf R}\times{\bf R}, \end{equation*} in the non-integrable case $0 < ω< 1$. First, we justify the existence of a symmetric 2-solitary wave with logarithmic distance, more precisely a solution of the system satisfying \[ \lim_{t\to +\infty}\left\| \begin{pmatrix} u(t) \\ v(t)\end{pmatrix} - \begin{pmatrix} e^{it}Q (\cdot - \frac{1}{2} \log (Ωt) - \frac{1}{4} \log \log t) \\ e^{it}Q (\cdot + \frac{1}{2} \log (Ωt) + \frac{1}{4} \log \log t)\end{pmatrix}\right\|_{H^1\times H^1} = 0\] where $Q = \sqrt{2}{\rm sech}$ is the explicit solution of $ Q'' - Q + Q^3 = 0$ and $Ω>0$ is a constant. This result extends to the non-integrable case the existence of symmetric 2-solitons with logarithmic distance known in the integrable case $ω=0$ and $ω=1$. Such strongly interacting symmetric $2$-solitary waves were also previously constructed for the non-integrable scalar nonlinear Schrödinger equation in any space dimension and for any energy-subcritical power nonlinearity. Second, under the conditions $0 0$ is a constant. Such logarithmic regime with non-symmetric solitons does not exist in the integrable cases $ω=0$ and $ω=1$ and is still unknown in the non-integrable scalar case.

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arXiv2018

Finite-time blowup for a Schrödinger equation with nonlinear source term

We consider the nonlinear Schrödinger equation \[ u_t = i Δu + | u |^αu \quad \mbox{on ${\mathbb R}^N $, $α>0$,} \] for $H^1$-subcritical or critical nonlinearities: $(N-2) α\le 4$. Under the additional technical assumptions $α\geq 2$ (and thus $N\leq 4$), we construct $H^1$ solutions that blow up in finite time with explicit blow-up profiles and blow-up rates. In particular, blowup can occur at any given finite set of points of ${\mathbb R}^N$. The construction involves explicit functions $U$, solutions of the ordinary differential equation $U_t=|U|^αU$. In the simplest case, $U(t,x)=(|x|^k-αt)^{-\frac 1α}$ for $t<0$, $x\in {\mathbb R}^N$. For $k$ sufficiently large, $U$ satisfies $|ΔU|\ll U_t$ close to the blow-up point $(t,x)=(0,0)$, so that it is a suitable approximate solution of the problem. To construct an actual solution $u$ close to $U$, we use energy estimates and a compactness argument.

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arXiv2017

Inelasticity of soliton collisions for the 5D energy critical wave equation

For the focusing energy critical wave equation in 5D, we construct a solution showing the inelastic nature of the collision of any two solitons, except the special case of two solitons of same scaling and opposite signs. Beyond its own interest as one of the first rigorous studies of the collision of solitons for a non-integrable model, the case of the quartic gKdV equation being partially treated by the authors in previous works, this result can be seen as part of a wider program aiming at establishing the soliton resolution conjecture for the critical wave equation. This conjecture has already been established in the 3D radial case and in the general case in 3, 4 and 5D along a sequence of times by Duyckaerts, Kenig and Merle. The study of the nature of the collision requires a refined approximate solution of the two-soliton problem and a precise determination of its space asymptotics. To prove inelasticity, these asymptotics are combined with the method of channels of energy.

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arXiv2017

Construction of multi-bubble solutions for the critical gKdV equation

We prove the existence of solutions of the mass critical generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation $\partial_t u + \partial_x(\partial_{xx} u + u^5) = 0$ containing an arbitrary number $K\geq 2$ of blow up bubbles, for any choice of sign and scaling parameters: for any $\ell_1>\ell_2>\cdots>\ell_K>0$ and $ε_1,\ldots,ε_K\in\{\pm1\}$, there exists an $H^1$ solution $u$ of the equation such that \[ u(t) - \sum_{k=1}^K \frac {ε_k}{λ_k^\frac12(t)} Q\left( \frac {\cdot - x_k(t)}{λ_k(t)} \right) \longrightarrow 0 \quad\mbox{ in }\ H^1 \mbox{ as }\ t\downarrow 0, \] with $λ_k(t)\sim \ell_k t$ and $x_k(t)\sim -\ell_k^{-2}t^{-1}$ as $t\downarrow 0$. The construction uses and extends techniques developed mainly by Martel, Merle and Raphaël. Due to strong interactions between the bubbles, it also relies decisively on the sharp properties of the minimal mass blow up solution (single bubble case) proved by the authors in arXiv:1602.03519.

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arXiv2016

Nonexistence of small, odd breathers for a class of nonlinear wave equations

In this note, we show that for a large class of nonlinear wave equations with odd nonlinearities, any globally defined odd solution which is small in the energy space decays to $0$ in the local energy norm. In particular, this result shows nonexistence of small, odd breathers for some classical nonlinear Klein Gordon equations such as the sine Gordon equation and $ϕ^4$ and $ϕ^6$ models. It also partially answers a question of Soffer and Weinstein in \cite[p. 19]{MR1681113} about nonexistence of breathers for the cubic NLKG in dimension one.

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arXiv2016

Construction of a minimal mass blow up solution of the modified Benjamin-Ono equation

We construct a minimal mass blow up solution of the modified Benjamin-Ono equation (mBO) \[ u_{t}+(u^3-D^1 u)_{x}=0, \] which is a standard mass critical dispersive model. Let $Q\in H^{\frac 12}$, $Q>0$, be the unique ground state solution of $D^1 Q +Q=Q^3$, constructed using variational arguments by Weinstein (Comm. PDE, 12 (1987), J. Diff. Eq., 69 (1987)) and Albert, Bona and Saut (Proc. Royal London Soc., 453 (1997)), and whose uniqueness was recently proved by Frank and Lenzmann (Acta Math., 210 (2013)). We show the existence of a solution $S$ of (mBO) satisfying $\|S \|_{L^2}=\|Q\|_{L^2}$ and \[ S(t)-\frac1{λ^{\frac12}(t)} Q\left(\frac{\cdot - x(t)}{λ(t)}\right)\to 0\quad \mbox{ in }\ H^{\frac 12}(\mathbb R) \mbox{ as }\ t\downarrow 0, \] where \[ λ(t)\sim t,\quad x(t) \sim -|\ln t| \quad \hbox{and}\quad \|S(t)\|_{\dot H^{\frac 12}} \sim t^{-\frac 12}\|Q\|_{\dot H^{\frac 12}} \quad \hbox{as}\ t\downarrow 0. \] This existence result is analogous to the one obtained by Martel, Merle and Raphaël (J. Eur. Math. Soc., 17 (2015)) for the mass critical generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation. However, in contrast with the (gKdV) equation, for which the blow up problem is now well-understood in a neighborhood of the ground state, $S$ is the first example of blow up solution for (mBO). The proof involves the construction of a blow up profile, energy estimates as well as refined localization arguments, developed in the context of Benjamin-Ono type equations by Kenig, Martel and Robbiano (Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré, Anal. Non Lin., 28 (2011)). Due to the lack of information on the (mBO) flow around the ground state, the energy estimates have to be considerably sharpened in the present paper.

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arXiv2016

Sharp asymptotics for the minimal mass blow up solution of critical gKdV equation

Let $S$ be a minimal mass blow up solution of the critical generalized KdV equation as constructed by Martel, Merle and Raphaël in arXiv:1204.4624. We prove both time and space sharp asymptotics for $S$ close to the blow up time. Let $Q$ be the unique ground state of (gKdV), satisfying $Q"+Q^5=Q$. First, we show that there exist universal smooth profiles $Q_k\in\mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R})$ (with $Q_0=Q$) and a constant $c_0\in\mathbb{R}$ such that, fixing the blow up time at $t=0$ and appropriate scaling and translation parameters, $S$ satisfies, for any $m\geqslant 0$, \[ \partial_x^m S(t) - \sum_{k=0}^{[m/2]} \frac 1{t^{\frac 12+m-2k}} Q_k^{(m-k)}\left(\frac{\cdot+ \frac1t}{t}+c_0\right)\to 0\quad \mbox{in}\ L^2 \mbox{as}\ t\downarrow 0. \] Second, we prove that, for $0<t\ll 1$, $x\leqslant -\frac 1t -1$, \[ S(t,x) \sim - \frac 12 \|Q\|_{L^1} |x|^{-3/2}, \] and related bounds for the derivatives of $S(t)$ of any order. We also prove $\int_{\mathbb{R}} S(t,x)\,dx=0$.

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arXiv2015

Strongly interacting blow up bubbles for the mass critical NLS

We construct a new class of multi-solitary wave solutions for the mass critical two dimensional nonlinear Schrodinger equation (NLS). Given any integer K>1, there exists a global (for positive time) solution of (NLS) that decomposes asymptotically into a sum of solitary waves centered at the vertices of a K-sided regular polygon and concentrating at a logarithmic rate in large time. This solution blows up in infinite time with logarithmic rate. Using the pseudo-conformal transform, this yields the first example of solution blowing up in finite time with a rate strictly above the pseudo-conformal one. Such solution concentrates K bubbles at a point. These special behaviors are due to strong interactions between the waves, in contrast with previous works on multi-solitary waves of (NLS) where interactions do not affect the blow up rate.

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arXiv2015

Kink dynamics in the $ϕ^4$ model: asymptotic stability for odd perturbations in the energy space

We consider a classical equation known as the $ϕ^4$ model in one space dimension. The kink, defined by $H(x)=\tanh(x/{\sqrt{2}})$, is an explicit stationary solution of this model. From a result of Henry, Perez and Wreszinski it is known that the kink is orbitally stable with respect to small perturbations of the initial data in the energy space. In this paper we show asymptotic stability of the kink for odd perturbations in the energy space. The proof is based on Virial-type estimates partly inspired from previous works of Martel and Merle on asymptotic stability of solitons for the generalized Korteweg-de Vries equations. However, this approach has to be adapted to additional difficulties, pointed out by Soffer and Weinstein in the case of general Klein-Gordon equations with potential: the interactions of the so-called internal oscillation mode with the radiation, and the different rates of decay of these two components of the solution in large time.

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arXiv2015

Construction of multi-solitons for the energy-critical wave equation in dimension 5

We construct 2-solitons of any speed of the focusing energy-critical nonlinear wave equation in dimension 5. The existence result also holds for the case of K-solitons, for any K >2, assuming that the speeds are collinear. The main difficulty of the construction is the strong interaction between the solitons due to the slow spatial decay of the single soliton. This is in contrast with previous constructions of multi-solitons for other nonlinear models (like generalized KdV and nonlinear Schrodinger equations in energy subcritical cases), where the interactions are exponentially small in time due to the exponential decay of the solitons.

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arXiv2015

Codimension one threshold manifold for the critical gKdV equation

We construct the 'threshold manifold' near the soliton for the mass critical gKdV equation, completing results obtained in arXiv:1204.4625 and arXiv:1204.4624. In a neighborhood of the soliton, this C1 manifold of codimension one separates solutions blowing up in finite time and solutions in the 'exit regime'. On the manifold, solutions are global in time and converge locally to a soliton. In particular, the soliton behavior is strongly unstable by blowup.

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arXiv2014

Near soliton dynamics and singularity formation for $L^2$ critical problems

This survey reviews the state of the art concerning the singularity formation for two canonical dispersive problems: the mass critical non linear Schrödinger equation and the mass critical generalized KdV equation. In particular, we address the question of the classification of the flow for initial data near the soliton.

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arXiv2014

Blow up for the critical gKdV equation II: minimal mass dynamics

We fully revisit the near soliton dynamics for the mass critical (gKdV) equation. In Part I, for a class of initial data close to the soliton, we prove that only three scenario can occur: (BLOW UP) the solution blows up in finite time $T$ in a universal regime with speed $1/(T-t)$; (SOLITON) the solution is global and converges to a soliton in large time; (EXIT) the solution leaves any small neighborhood of the modulated family of solitons in the scale invariant $L^2$ norm. Regimes (BLOW UP) and (EXIT) are proved to be stable. We also show in this class that any nonpositive energy initial data (except solitons) yields finite time blow up, thus obtaining the classification of the solitary wave at zero energy. In Part II, we classify minimal mass blow up by proving existence and uniqueness (up to invariances of the equation) of a minimal mass blow up solution $S(t)$. We also completely describe the blow up behavior of $S(t)$. Second, we prove that $S(t)$ is the universal attractor in the (EXIT) case, i.e. any solution as above in the (EXIT) case is close to $S$ (up to invariances) in $L^2$ at the exit time. In particular, assuming scattering for $S(t)$ (in large positive time), we obtain that any solution in the (EXIT) scenario also scatters, thus achieving the description of the near soliton dynamics.

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