The spherically symmetric scattering conjecture for mass-critical NLS

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Let uu be a spherically symmetric solution of the mass-critical nonlinear Schrödinger equation on Rd{\mathbf{R}}^d. Let M(u)M(u) denote its mass, S(u)S(u) its scattering size, and define A(m)rad⁡A(m)_{\operatorname{rad}} as the supremum of S(u)S(u) over spherically symmetric solutions with M(u)≤mM(u)\leq m. Let m0,rad⁡m_{0,\operatorname{rad}} be the unique threshold such that A(m)rad⁡A(m)_{\operatorname{rad}} is finite for m<m0,rad⁡m<m_{0,\operatorname{rad}} and infinite for m≥m0,rad⁡m\geq m_{0,\operatorname{rad}}. Let QQ be the ground state satisfying

ΔQ+Q1+4/d=Q.\Delta Q+Q^{1+4/d}=Q.

Spherically symmetric scattering conjecture. In the defocusing case (μ=+1\mu=+1) we have m0,rad⁡=+∞m_{0,\operatorname{rad}}=+\infty, while in the focusing case (μ=−1\mu=-1) we have m0,rad⁡=M(Q)m_{0,\operatorname{rad}}=M(Q). The radial restriction is expected to simplify the concentration-compactness problem, while the ground state remains the natural focusing threshold. The statement is presented as the spherically symmetric counterpart of the preceding conjecture; its resolution is not specified in the supplied material.

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Terence Tao, Monica Visan and Xiaoyi Zhang, “Minimal-mass blowup solutions of the mass-critical NLS”, arXiv:math/0609690 (2006).

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