Normalized ground states and threshold scattering for focusing NLS on $\mathbb{R}^d\times\mathbb{T}$ via semivirial-free geometry

TL;DR

This paper investigates the existence and properties of ground states for the focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation on a waveguide manifold, introducing a semivirial functional to characterize threshold solutions for scattering and blow-up.

Contribution

It introduces the semivirial functional and establishes the existence of ground states with specific $y$-dependence, revealing a bifurcation threshold for scattering and blow-up solutions.

Findings

Existence of ground states for all masses $c>0$.

Identification of a critical mass $c_*$ for $y$-dependence of solutions.

Characterization of a sharp threshold for scattering and blow-up based on the semivirial.

Abstract

We study the focusing NLS \begin{align}\label{nls_abstract} i\partial_t u+\Delta_{x,y} u=-|u|^\alpha u\tag{NLS} \end{align} on the waveguide manifold $\mathbb{R}^d\times\mathbb{T}$ in the intercritical regime $\alpha\in(\frac{4}{d},\frac{4}{d-1})$. By assuming that the \eqref{nls_abstract} is independent of $y$, it reduces to the focusing intercritical NLS on $\mathbb{R}^d$, which is known to have standing wave and finite time blow-up solutions. Naturally, we ask whether these special solutions with non-trivial $y$-dependence exist. In this paper we give an affirmative answer to this question. To that end, we introduce the concept of \textit{semivirial} functional and consider a minimization problem $m_c$ on the semivirial-vanishing manifold with prescribed mass $c$. We prove that for any $c\in(0,\infty)$ the variational problem $m_c$ has a ground state optimizer $u_c$ which also solves the standing wave equation $$-\Delta_{x,y}u_c+\beta_c u_c=|u|^\alpha u $$ with some $\beta_c>0$. Moreover, we prove the existence of a critical number $c_*\in(0,\infty)$ such that \begin{itemize} \item For $c\in(0,c_*)$, any optimizer $u_c$ of $m_c$ must satisfy $\pt_y u_c\neq 0$. \item For $c\in(c_*,\infty)$, any optimizer $u_c$ of $m_c$ must satisfy $\pt_y u_c=0$. \end{itemize} Finally, we prove that the previously constructed ground states characterize a sharp threshold for the bifurcation of scattering and finite time blow-up solutions in dependence of the sign of the semivirial.