Semiclassical limit of quantum dynamics with rough potentials and well posedness of transport equations with measure initial data

In this paper we study the semiclassical limit of the Schr\"odinger equation. Under mild regularity assumptions on the potential $U$ which include Born-Oppenheimer potential energy surfaces in molecular dynamics, we establish asymptotic validity of classical dynamics globally in space and time for "almost all" initial data, with respect to an appropriate reference measure on the space of initial data. In order to achieve this goal we prove existence, uniqueness and stability results for the flow in the space of measures induced by the continuity equation.Comment: 34 p

MACRO constraints on violation of Lorentz invariance

The energy spectrum of neutrino-induced upward-going muons in MACRO has been analysed in terms of relativity principles violating effects, keeping standard mass-induced atmospheric neutrino oscillations as the dominant source of $\nu_{\mu} \to \nu_{\tau}$ transitions. The data disfavor these exotic possibilities even at a sub-dominant level, and stringent 90% C.L. limits are placed on the Lorentz invariance violation parameter $|\Delta v| < 6 \times 10^{-24}$ at $\sin 2{\theta}_v$ = 0 and $|\Delta v| < 2.5 \div 5 \times 10^{-26}$ at $\sin 2{\theta}_v$ = $\pm$1. These limits can also be re-interpreted as upper bounds on the parameters describing violation of the Equivalence Principle.Comment: 3 pages, 2 figures. Presented at NOW 2006: Neutrino Oscillation Workshop, Conca Specchiulla, Otranto, Italy, Sep 2006. To be published in Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.

A fractional Landesman-Lazer type problem set on R^N

By using the abstract version of Struwe's monotonicity-trick we prove the existence of a positive solution to the problem (-\Delta)^s u + K u = f(x, u) in R^N u\in H^s (R^N), K>0 where f(x, t): R^N\times R \rightarrow R is a Caratheodory function, 1-periodic in x and does not satisfy the Ambrosetti-Rabinowitz condition

Ground states for superlinear fractional Schr\"odinger equations in \R^{N}

In this paper we study ground states of the following fractional Schr\"odinger equation (- \Delta)^{s} u + V(x) u = f(x, u) \, \mbox{ in } \, \R^{N}, u\in \H^{s}(\R^{N}) where $s\in (0,1)$, $N>2s$ and $f$ is a continuous function satisfying a suitable growth assumption weaker than the Ambrosetti-Rabinowitz condition. We consider the cases when the potential $V(x)$ is $1$-periodic or has a bounded potential well

Infinitely many periodic solutions for a class of fractional Kirchhoff problems

We prove the existence of infinitely many nontrivial weak periodic solutions for a class of fractional Kirchhoff problems driven by a relativistic Schr\"odinger operator with periodic boundary conditions and involving different types of nonlinearities

Hopf Bifurcation in an Oscillatory-Excitatory Reaction-Diffusion Model with Spatial heterogeneity

We focus on the qualitative analysis of a reaction-diffusion with spatial heterogeneity. The system is a generalization of the well known FitzHugh-Nagumo system in which the excitability parameter is space dependent. This heterogeneity allows to exhibit concomitant stationary and oscillatory phenomena. We prove the existence of an Hopf bifurcation and determine an equation of the center-manifold in which the solution asymptotically evolves. Numerical simulations illustrate the phenomenon

Multiplicity of solutions for fractional Schr\"odinger systems in RN\mathbb{R}^{N}

In this paper we deal with the following nonlocal systems of fractional Schr\"odinger equations \begin{equation*} \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} \varepsilon^{2s} (-\Delta)^{s}u+V(x)u=Q_{u}(u, v)+\gamma H_{u}(u, v) &\mbox{ in } \mathbb{R}^{N}\\ \varepsilon^{2s} (-\Delta)^{s}v+W(x)v=Q_{v}(u, v)+\gamma H_{v}(u, v) &\mbox{ in } \mathbb{R}^{N} \\ u, v>0 &\mbox{ in } \mathbb{R}^{N}, \end{array} \right. \end{equation*} where $\varepsilon>0$, $s\in (0, 1)$, $N>2s$, $(-\Delta)^{s}$ is the fractional Laplacian, $V:\mathbb{R}^{N}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ and $W:\mathbb{R}^{N}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ are continuous potentials, $Q$ is a homogeneous $C^{2}$-function with subcritical growth, $\gamma\in \{0, 1\}$ and $H(u, v)=\frac{2}{\alpha+\beta}|u|^{\alpha} |v|^{\beta}$ with $\alpha, \beta\geq 1$ such that $\alpha+\beta=2^{*}_{s}$. We investigate the subcritical case $(\gamma=0)$ and the critical case $(\gamma=1)$, and using Ljusternik-Schnirelmann theory, we relate the number of solutions with the topology of the set where the potentials $V$ and $W$ attain their minimum values