Energy-critical NLS with quadratic potentials

Rowan Killip, Monica Visan, Xiaoyi Zhang

Published 2006-11-13, updated 2010-10-20Version 2

We consider the defocusing $\dot H^1$-critical nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation in all dimensions ($n\geq 3$) with a quadratic potential $V(x)=\pm \tfrac12 |x|^2$. We show global well-posedness for radial initial data obeying $\nabla u_0(x), xu_0(x) \in L^2$. In view of the potential $V$, this is the natural energy space. In the repulsive case, we also prove scattering. We follow the approach pioneered by Bourgain and Tao in the case of no potential; indeed, we include a proof of their results that incorporates a couple of simplifications discovered while treating the problem with quadratic potential.