Energy-critical NLS without potential global well-posedness and scattering conjecture

Let d3d\geq 3, let μ{1,1}\mu\in\{1,-1\}, and consider the energy-critical nonlinear Schrödinger equation without potential

(it+12Δ)u=μu4d2u,u(0)=u0H˙1(Rd).(i\partial_t+\tfrac{1}{2}\Delta)u=\mu|u|^{\frac{4}{d-2}}u, \qquad u(0)=u_0\in\dot{H}^1(\mathbb{R}^d).

For μ=1\mu=-1, define

W(x)=1(1+2x2d(d2))d22H˙1(Rd),W(x)=\frac{1}{\left(1+\frac{2|x|^2}{d(d-2)}\right)^{\frac{d-2}{2}}}\in\dot{H}^1(\mathbb{R}^d),

where WW solves 12ΔW+W4d2W=0\tfrac{1}{2}\Delta W+|W|^{\frac{4}{d-2}}W=0. Global well-posedness and scattering conjecture. When μ=1\mu=1, solutions exist globally and scatter: for every u0H˙1(Rd)u_0\in\dot{H}^1(\mathbb{R}^d) there is a unique global solution satisfying

SR(u):=RRdu(t,x)2(d+2)d2dxdtC(EΔ(u0))<,S_{\mathbb{R}}(u):=\int_{\mathbb{R}}\int_{\mathbb{R}^d}|u(t,x)|^{\frac{2(d+2)}{d-2}}\,dx\,dt\leq C(E_\Delta(u_0))<\infty,

and there exist u±H˙1(Rd)u_\pm\in\dot{H}^1(\mathbb{R}^d) such that

limt±u(t)e±itΔ2u±H˙1=0,\lim_{t\to\pm\infty}\left\|u(t)-e^{\pm\frac{it\Delta}{2}}u_\pm\right\|_{\dot{H}^1}=0,

with the maps u0u±(u0)u_0\mapsto u_\pm(u_0) homeomorphisms of H˙1\dot{H}^1. When μ=1\mu=-1, global well-posedness and scattering also hold provided

EΔ(u0)<EΔ(W),u0L2<WL2.E_\Delta(u_0)<E_\Delta(W),\qquad \|\nabla u_0\|_{L^2}<\|\nabla W\|_{L^2}.

This conjecture is stated as background for the potential problem; the source later records that it is proved in the defocusing case, for radial data in the focusing case when d3d\geq3, and for all data in the focusing case when d5d\geq5.

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Primary source

Casey Jao, “Energy-critical NLS with potentials of quadratic growth”, arXiv:1411.4950 (2017).

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