Semiclassical states for weakly coupled nonlinear Schrödinger systems

Journal of the European Mathematical Society

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-71

  Montefusco, Eugenio ^a   Pellacci, Benedetta ^b   Squassina, Marco ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clarke's subdifferential; Concentration phenomena; Critical point theory; Ground states; Semiclassical limit; Weakly coupled nonlinear Schr dinger systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 36349003376     PISSN: 14359855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4171/JEMS/103     Document Type: Article

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