Asymptotic stability of solitary waves in generalized Gross--Neveu model

TL;DR

This paper proves the asymptotic stability of solitary waves in the generalized Gross--Neveu model with higher-order nonlinearities, using spectral analysis and numerical validation for initial data in H^1.

Contribution

It develops spectral theory for linearized operators around solitary waves and establishes asymptotic stability in the even subspace for the nonlinear Dirac equation.

Findings

Solitary waves are asymptotically stable in the even subspace.

Spectral analysis supports stability results.

Numerical simulations justify spectral assumptions.

Abstract

For the nonlinear Dirac equation in (1+1)D with scalar self-interaction (Gross--Neveu model), with quintic and higher order nonlinearities (and within certain range of the parameters), we prove that solitary wave solutions are asymptotically stable in the "even" subspace of perturbations (to ignore translations and eigenvalues $\pm 2\omega i$). The asymptotic stability is proved for initial data in $H^1$. The approach is based on the spectral information about the linearization at solitary waves which we justify by numerical simulations. For the proof, we develop the spectral theory for the linearized operators and obtain appropriate estimates in mixed Lebesgue spaces, with and without weights.