WKB analysis for the Gross-Pitaevskii equation with non-trivial boundary conditions at infinity

Thomas Alazard, Rémi Carles

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Abstract

We consider the semi-classical limit for the Gross-Pitaevskii equation. In order to consider non-trivial boundary conditions at infinity, we work in Zhidkov spaces rather than in Sobolev spaces. For the usual cubic nonlinearity, we obtain a point-wise description of the wave function as the Planck constant goes to zero, so long as no singularity appears in the limit system. For a cubic-quintic nonlinearity, we show that working with analytic data may be necessary and sufficient to obtain a similar result.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)959-977
Number of pages19
JournalAnnales de l'Institut Henri Poincare (C) Analyse Non Lineaire
Volume26
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2009

Keywords

  • Gross-Pitaevskii equation
  • Semi-classical analysis
  • Zhidkov spaces

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