Rigidity conjecture at the ground-state mass for mass-critical NLS

Let uu solve the focusing mass-critical nonlinear Schrödinger equation with initial data u(0)=u0Lx2(Rd)u(0)=u_0\in L_x^2(\mathbb{R}^d), and let MM denote the conserved mass. Let QQ be the unique positive radial Schwartz solution of

ΔQQ+Q4dQ=0.\Delta Q-Q+|Q|^{\frac 4d}Q=0.

Define the solitary wave and pseudo-conformal ground state by

SW=eitQ(x),Pc(Q)=td2eix244tQ(xt).SW=e^{it}Q(x),\qquad Pc(Q)=|t|^{-\frac d2}e^{\frac{i|x|^2-4}{4t}}Q\left(\frac{x}{t}\right).

Rigidity conjecture at the ground-state mass. If M(u0)=M(Q)M(u_0)=M(Q), then only the following cases can occur: if uu blows up in finite time, it coincides with Pc(Q)Pc(Q) up to symmetries of the equation; if uu is global, then it either scatters in both time directions or coincides with SWSW up to symmetries of the equation.

This conjecture seeks a complete classification of minimal-mass non-scattering solutions. The explicitly known threshold examples are the solitary wave and pseudo-conformal solution, but the asserted classification remains open in the source.

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Primary source

Dong Li and Xiaoyi Zhang, “Regularity of almost periodic modulo scaling solutions for mass-critical NLS and applications”, arXiv:0911.4746 (2009).

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