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.

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

Multiple solutions for a fractional pp-Laplacian equation with sign-changing potential

We use a variant of the fountain Theorem to prove the existence of infinitely many weak solutions for the following fractional p-Laplace equation (-\Delta)^{s}_{p}u+V(x)|u|^{p-2}u=f(x,u) in R^N, where $s \in (0,1)$,$p \geq 2$,$N \geq 2$, $(-\Delta)^{s}_{p}$ is the fractional $p$-Laplace operator, the nonlinearity f is $p$-superlinear at infinity and the potential V(x) is allowed to be sign-changing

Mountain pass solutions for the fractional Berestycki-Lions problem

We investigate the existence of least energy solutions and infinitely many solutions for the following nonlinear fractional equation (-\Delta)^{s} u = g(u) \mbox{ in } \mathbb{R}^{N}, where $s\in (0,1)$, $N\geq 2$, $(-\Delta)^{s}$ is the fractional Laplacian and $g: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is an odd $\mathcal{C}^{1, \alpha}$ function satisfying Berestycki-Lions type assumptions. The proof is based on the symmetric mountain pass approach developed by Hirata, Ikoma and Tanaka in \cite{HIT}. Moreover, by combining the mountain pass approach and an approximation argument, we also prove the existence of a positive radially symmetric solution for the above problem when $g$ satisfies suitable growth conditions which make our problem fall in the so called "zero mass" case

Periodic solutions for a superlinear fractional problem without the Ambrosetti-Rabinowitz condition

The purpose of this paper is to study $T$-periodic solutions to [(-\Delta_{x}+m^{2})^{s}-m^{2s}]u=f(x,u) &\mbox{in} (0,T)^{N} (P) u(x+Te_{i})=u(x) &\mbox{for all} x \in \R^{N}, i=1, \dots, N where $s\in (0,1)$, $N>2s$, $T>0$, $m> 0$ and $f(x,u)$ is a continuous function, $T$-periodic in $x$ and satisfying a suitable growth assumption weaker than the Ambrosetti-Rabinowitz condition. The nonlocal operator $(-\Delta_{x}+m^{2})^{s}$ can be realized as the Dirichlet to Neumann map for a degenerate elliptic problem posed on the half-cylinder $\mathcal{S}_{T}=(0,T)^{N}\times (0,\infty)$. By using a variant of the Linking Theorem, we show that the extended problem in $\mathcal{S}_{T}$ admits a nontrivial solution $v(x,\xi)$ which is $T$-periodic in $x$. Moreover, by a procedure of limit as $m\rightarrow 0$, we also prove the existence of a nontrivial solution to (P) with $m=0$

Concentrating solutions for a fractional Kirchhoff equation with critical growth

In this paper we consider the following class of fractional Kirchhoff equations with critical growth: \begin{equation*} \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} \left(\varepsilon^{2s}a+\varepsilon^{4s-3}b\int_{\mathbb{R}^{3}}|(-\Delta)^{\frac{s}{2}}u|^{2}dx\right)(-\Delta)^{s}u+V(x)u=f(u)+|u|^{2^{*}_{s}-2}u \quad &\mbox{ in } \mathbb{R}^{3}, \\ u\in H^{s}(\mathbb{R}^{3}), \quad u>0 &\mbox{ in } \mathbb{R}^{3}, \end{array} \right. \end{equation*} where $\varepsilon>0$ is a small parameter, $a, b>0$ are constants, $s\in (\frac{3}{4}, 1)$, $2^{*}_{s}=\frac{6}{3-2s}$ is the fractional critical exponent, $(-\Delta)^{s}$ is the fractional Laplacian operator, $V$ is a positive continuous potential and $f$ is a superlinear continuous function with subcritical growth. Using penalization techniques and variational methods, we prove the existence of a family of positive solutions $u_{\varepsilon}$ which concentrates around a local minimum of $V$ as $\varepsilon\rightarrow 0$.Comment: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1810.0456

Maximum allowable temperature during quench in Nb3Sn accelerator magnets

This note aims at understanding the maximum allowable temperature at the hot spot during a quench in Nb3Sn accelerator magnets, through the analysis of experimental results previously presented.Comment: 4 pages, Contribution to WAMSDO 2013: Workshop on Accelerator Magnet, Superconductor, Design and Optimization; 15 - 16 Jan 2013, CERN, Geneva, Switzerlan