Semiclassical limit for nonlinear Schroedinger equations with electromagnetic fields

Semiclassical pseudodifferential calculus and the reconstruction of a magnetic field

We give a procedure for reconstructing a magnetic field and electric potential from boundary measurements related to the magnetic Schroedinger operator in three and higher dimensions.

Semiclassical measures and the Schroedinger flow on Riemannian manifolds

In this article we study limits of Wigner distributions (the so-called semiclassical measures) corresponding to sequences of solutions to the semiclassical Schroedinger equation at times scales $α_{h}$ tending to infinity as the semiclassical parameter $h$ tends to zero (when $α_{h}=1/h$ this is equivalent to consider solutions to the non-semiclassical Schreodinger equation). Some general results are presented, among which a weak version of Egorov's theorem that holds in this setting. A complete characterization is given for the Euclidean space and Zoll manifolds (that is, manifolds with perio…

A 3D-Schroedinger operator under magnetic steps with semiclassical applications

We define a Schrödinger operator on the half-space with a discontinuous magnetic field having a piecewise-constant strength and a uniform direction. Motivated by applications in the theory of superconductivity, we study the infimum of the spectrum of the operator. We give sufficient conditions on the strength and the direction of the magnetic field such that the aforementioned infimum is an eigenvalue of a reduced model operator on the half-plane. We use the Schrödinger operator on the half-space to study a new semiclassical problem in bounded domains of the space, considering a magnetic Neuma…

Sharp Spectral Asymptotics for Dirac Energy. II. Magnetic Schroedinger operator

I derive sharp semiclassical asymptotics of \int |e_h(x,y,0)|^2ω(x,y)dxdy where e_h(x,y,τ) is the Schwartz kernel of the spectral projector of Magnetic Schroedinger operator and ω(x,y) is singular as x=y. I also consider asymptotics of more general expressions.

Solutions to the nonlinear Schroedinger equation carrying momentum along a curve. Part II: proof of the existence result

We prove existence of a special class of solutions to the (elliptic) Nonlinear Schroedinger Equation $- ε^2 Δψ+ V(x) ψ= |ψ|^{p-1} ψ$ on a manifold or in the Euclidean space. Here V represents the potential, p is an exponent greater than 1 and $ε$ a small parameter corresponding to the Planck constant. As $ε$ tends to zero (namely in the semiclassical limit) we prove existence of complex-valued solutions which concentrate along closed curves, and whose phase in highly oscillatory. Physically, these solutions carry quantum-mechanical momentum along the limit curves. In the first part of this wor…

High-frequency propagation for the Schroedinger equation on the torus

The main objective of this paper is understanding the propagation laws obeyed by high-frequency limits of Wigner distributions associated to solutions to the Schroedinger equation on the standard d-dimensional torus T^{d}. From the point of view of semiclassical analysis, our setting corresponds to performing the semiclassical limit at times of order 1/h, as the characteristic wave-length h of the initial data tends to zero. It turns out that, in spite that for fixed h every Wigner distribution satisfies a Liouville equation, their limits are no longer uniquely determined by those of the Wigne…

带电磁场的临界拟线性Schroedinger方程

Critical quasilinear Schroedinger equations with electromagnetic fields

研究N维欧氏空间中受外部电磁势影响的p-Laplace算子，利用变分方法克服双重紧致性缺失与复杂拟线性框架的困难，证明了1<p<N情形下加权临界方程存在至少一个山路型解。

Interaction of modulated pulses in the nonlinear Schroedinger equation with periodic potential

We consider a cubic nonlinear Schroedinger equation with periodic potential. In a semiclassical scaling the nonlinear interaction of modulated pulses concentrated in one or several Bloch bands is studied. The notion of closed mode systems is introduced which allows for the rigorous derivation of a finite system of amplitude equations describing the macroscopic dynamics of these pulses.

Quantitative limiting absorption principle in the semiclassical limit

We give an elementary proof of Burq's resolvent bounds for long range semiclassical Schroedinger operators. Globally, the resolvent norm grows exponentially in the inverse semiclassical parameter, and near infinity it grows linearly. We also weaken the regularity assumptions on the potential.

Nonlinear time-dependent one-dimensional Schroedinger equation with double well potential

We consider time-dependent Schroedinger equations in one dimension with double well potential and an external nonlinear perturbation. If the initial state belongs to the eigenspace spanned by the eigenvectors associated to the two lowest eigenvalues then, in the semiclassical limit, we show that the reduction of the time-dependent equation to a 2-mode equation gives the dominant term of the solution with a precise estimate of the error. By means of this stability result we are able to prove the destruction of the beating motion for large enough nonlinearity.

Time decay of scaling invariant Schroedinger equations on the plane

We prove the sharp L^1-L^{\infty} time-decay estimate for the 2D-Schroedinger equation with a general family of scaling critical electromagnetic potentials.

Solutions to the nonlinear Schroedinger equation carrying momentum along a curve. Part I: study of the limit set and approximate solutions

We prove existence of a special class of solutions to the (elliptic) Nonlinear Schroeodinger Equation $- ε^2 Δψ+ V(x) ψ= |ψ|^{p-1} ψ$, on a manifold or in the Euclidean space. Here V represents the potential, p an exponent greater than 1 and $ε$ a small parameter corresponding to the Planck constant. As $ε$ tends to zero (namely in the semiclassical limit) we prove existence of complex-valued solutions which concentrate along closed curves, and whose phase is highly oscillatory. Physically, these solutions carry quantum-mechanical momentum along the limit curves. In this first part we provide …

Semiclassical asymptotics for weakly nonlinear Bloch waves

We study the simultaneous semi-classical and adiabatic asymptotics for a class of (weakly) nonlinear Schroedinger equations with a fast periodic potential and a slowly varying confinement potential. A rigorous two-scale WKB-analysis, locally in time, is performed. The main nonlinear phenomenon is a modification of the Berry phase.

Asymptotic behavior of solutions to Schrödinger equations near an isolated singularity of the electromagnetic potential

Asymptotics of solutions to Schroedinger equations with singular magnetic and electric potentials is investigated. By using a Almgren type monotonicity formula, separation of variables, and an iterative Brezis-Kato type procedure, we describe the exact behavior near the singularity of solutions to linear and semilinear (critical and subcritical) elliptic equations with an inverse square electric potential and a singular magnetic potential with a homogeneity of order -1.

Semiclassical Sobolev constants for the electro-magnetic Robin Laplacian

This paper is devoted to the asymptotic analysis of the optimal Sobolev constants in the semiclassical limit and in any dimension. We combine semiclassical arguments and concentration-compactness estimates to tackle the case when an electromagnetic field is added as well as a smooth boundary carrying a Robin condition. As a byproduct of the semiclassical strategy, we also get exponentially weighted localization estimates of the minimizers.

Semiclassical parametrix for the Maxwell equation and applications to the electromagnetic transmission eigenvalues

We introduce an analog of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map for the Maxwell equation in a bounded domain. We show that it can be approximated by a pseudodifferential operator on the boundary with a matrix-valued symbol and we compute the principal symbol. As a consequence, we obtain a parabolic region free of the transmission eigenvalues associated to the Maxwell equation.

On the XFEL Schroedinger Equation: Highly Oscillatory Magnetic Potentials and Time Averaging

We analyse a nonlinear Schrödinger equation for the time-evolution of the wave function of an electron beam, interacting selfconsistently through a Hartree-Fock nonlinearity and through the repulsive Coulomb interaction of an atomic nucleus. The electrons are supposed to move under the action of a time dependent, rapidly periodically oscillating electromagnetic potential. This can be considered a simplified effective single particle model for an X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL). We prove the existence and uniqueness for the Cauchy problem and the convergence of wave-functions to corresponding …

Non-trapping magnetic fields and Morrey-Campanato estimates for Schroedinger operators

We prove some uniform in $ε$ a priori estimates for solutions of the equation $$(\nabla-iA)^2u-V(x)u+(λ\pm iε)u=f, λ\geq0, ε\neq0.$$ The estimates are obtained in terms of Morrey-Campanato norms, and can be used to prove absence of zero-resonances, in a suitable sense, for electromagnetic Hamiltonians. Precise conditions on the size of the \textit{trapping component} of the magnetic field and the non repulsive component of the electric field are given.

Strong Semiclassical Approximation of Wigner Functions for the Hartree Dynamics

We consider the Wigner equation corresponding to a nonlinear Schroedinger evolution of the Hartree type in the semiclassical limit $\hbar\to 0$. Under appropriate assumptions on the initial data and the interaction potential, we show that the Wigner function is close in $L^2$ to its weak limit, the solution of the corresponding Vlasov equation. The strong approximation allows the construction of semiclassical operator-valued observables, approximating their quantum counterparts in Hilbert-Schmidt topology. The proof makes use of a pointwise-positivity manipulation, which seems necessary in wor…

Resonances for non-analytic potentials

We consider semiclassical Schroedinger operators on R^n, with C^\infty potentials decaying polynomially at infinity. The usual theories of resonances do not apply in such a non-analytic framework. Here, under some additional conditions, we show that resonances are invariantly defined up to any power of their imaginary part. The theory is based on resolvent estimates for families of approximating distorted operators with potentials that are holomorphic in narrow complex sectors around R^n.

Mean-field Dynamics for the Nelson Model with Fermions

We consider the Nelson model with ultraviolet cutoff, which describes the interaction between non-relativistic particles and a positive or zero mass quantized scalar field. We take the non-relativistic particles to obey Fermi statistics and discuss the time evolution in a mean-field limit of many fermions. In this case, the limit is known to be also a semiclassical limit. We prove convergence in terms of reduced density matrices of the many-body state to a tensor product of a Slater determinant with semiclassical structure and a coherent state, which evolve according to a fermionic version of …

Local trace asymptotics in the self-generated magnetic field

We consider a semiclassical asymptotics of local trace for the 3D-Schroedinger operator with self-generated magnetic field; it is given by Weyl expression with O(h^{-1}) error and under standard condition to Hamiltonian trajectories even o(h^{-1}). In comparison to v1,2 errors are corrected, new results are added and more details are provided. Misprint correction in comparison to v3

Derivation of the Bose-Hubbard model in the multiscale limit

In this paper we consider a one-dimensional non-linear Schroedinger equation (NLSE) with a periodic potential. In the semiclassical limit we prove that the stationary solutions of the Bose-Hubbard equation approximate the stationary solutions of the (NLSE). In particular, in the limit of large nonlinearity strength the stationary solutions turn out to be localized on a single lattice site of the periodic potential; as a result the phase transition from superfluid to Mott-insulator phase for Bose-Einstein condensates in a one-dimensional periodic lattice is rigorously proved.

Strichartz and smoothing estimates for dispersive equations with magnetic potentials

We prove global smoothing and Strichartz estimates for the Schroedinger, wave, Klein-Gordon equations and for the massless and massive Dirac systems, perturbed with singular electromagnetic potentials. We impose a smallness condition on the magnetic part, while the electric part can be large. The decay and regularity assumptions on the coefficients are close to critical.