Statistical mechanics of the radial focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation in general traps

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Authors: Dinh, Van Duong, Rougerie, Nicolas, Tolomeo, Leonardo, Wang, Yuzhao
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Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the Gibbs measures associated with the focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation with an anharmonic potential. We establish a dichotomy for normalizability and non-normalizability of the Gibbs measures in one dimension and higher dimensions with radial data. This extends a recent result of the third and fourth authors with Robert and Seong (2022), where the focusing Gibbs measures with a harmonic potential were addressed. Notably, in the case of a subharmonic potential, we identify a novel critical nonlinearity (below the usual mass-critical exponent) for which the Gibbs measures exhibit a phase transition. The primary challenge emerges from the limited understanding of eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the Schrödinger operator with an anharmonic potential. We overcome the difficulty by employing techniques related to a recent work of the first two authors (2022).

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Journal / source
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
Publication date
24 March 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint