Groundstates and radial solutions to nonlinear Schr\"odinger-Poisson-Slater equations at the critical frequency

TL;DR

This paper investigates the existence, regularity, and qualitative properties of groundstate and radial solutions to a nonlinear Schr"odinger-Poisson-Slater equation at critical frequency, introducing a new function space and optimal inequalities.

Contribution

It introduces the Coulomb-Sobolev space, establishes optimal inequalities, and proves existence of solutions in broader parameter ranges than previous methods.

Findings

Existence of solutions for certain parameter ranges.

Introduction of Coulomb-Sobolev space and optimal inequalities.

Radial solutions exist in wider parameter ranges.

Abstract

We study the nonlocal Schr\"odinger-Poisson-Slater type equation $$ - \Delta u + (I_\alpha \ast |u|^p)|u|^{p - 2} u= |u|^{q-2}u\quad\text{in \(\mathbb{R}^N\),} $$ where $N\in\mathbb{N}$, $p>1$, $q>1$ and $I_\alpha$ is the Riesz potential of order $\alpha\in(0,N).$ We introduce and study the Coulomb-Sobolev function space which is natural for the energy functional of the problem and we establish a family of associated optimal interpolation inequalities. We prove existence of optimizers for the inequalities, which implies the existence of solutions to the equation for a certain range of the parameters. We also study regularity and some qualitative properties of solutions. Finally, we derive radial Strauss type estimates and use them to prove the existence of radial solutions to the equation in a range of parameters which is in general wider than the range of existence parameters obtained via interpolation inequalities.