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Logarithmic Schrödinger equation with quadratic potential*

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Published 4 November 2021 © 2021 IOP Publishing Ltd & London Mathematical Society
, , Citation Rémi Carles and Guillaume Ferriere 2021 Nonlinearity 34 8283 DOI 10.1088/1361-6544/ac3144

0951-7715/34/12/8283

Abstract

We analyze dynamical properties of the logarithmic Schrödinger equation under a quadratic potential. The sign of the nonlinearity is such that it is known that in the absence of external potential, every solution is dispersive, with a universal asymptotic profile. The introduction of a harmonic potential generates solitary waves, corresponding to generalized Gaussons. We prove that they are orbitally stable, using an inequality related to relative entropy, which may be thought of as dual to the classical logarithmic Sobolev inequality. In the case of a partial confinement, we show a universal dispersive behavior for suitable marginals. For repulsive harmonic potentials, the dispersive rate is dictated by the potential, and no universal behavior must be expected.

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  • RC is supported by Rennes Métropole through its AIS program.

  • For ν1 and ν2 probability measures,

    where μ varies among all probability measures on ${\mathbb{R}}^{d}\times {\mathbb{R}}^{d}$, and ${\pi }_{j}:{\mathbb{R}}^{d}\times {\mathbb{R}}^{d}\to {\mathbb{R}}^{d}$ denotes the canonical projection onto the jth factor. See e.g. [35].

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