On the linear stability of solitary waves in Hamiltonian systems with symmetry

  • Joachim Stubbe
Conference paper
Part of the Lecture Notes in Physics book series (LNP, volume 342)

Abstract

For a class of nonlinear Schrödinger equations we saw that there is a one to one correspondence between orbital, energetic and linear stability of solitary waves provided d″ (ω) is nonzero. The case d″ (ω) = 0 is critical in the sense that this equivalence breaks down. This result will also extend to the abstract theory provided the linearized operator satisfies the assumptions on its spectrum listed in the introduction. In addition, a more detailed analysis of the critical case will show that for linear stability a conditional stability. result can be obtained which corresponds to the (nonlinear) stability results by M. Weinstein [11].

Keywords

Solitary Wave Hamiltonian System Linear Stability Critical Case Solitary Wave Solution 
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© Springer-Verlag 1989

Authors and Affiliations

  • Joachim Stubbe
    • 1
  1. 1.Département de Physiaue ThéoriqueUniversité de GenèveGenève 4Suisse

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