This paper is devoted to an analysis of vortex-nucleation for a Ginzburg-Landau functional with discontinuous constraint. This functional has been proposed as a model for vortex-pinning, and usually accounts for the energy resulting from the interface of two superconductors. The critical applied magnetic field for vortex nucleation is estimated in the London singular limit, and as a by-product, results concerning vortex-pinning and boundary conditions on the interface are obtained.

We address here mathematical models related to the Laser-Plasma Interaction. After a simplified introduction to the physical background concerning the modelling of the laser propagation and its interaction with a plasma, we recall some classical results about the geometrical optics in plasmas. Then we deal with the well known paraxial approximation of the solution of the Maxwell equation; we state a coupling model between the plasma hydrodynamics and the laser propagation. Lastly, we consider the...

We address here mathematical models related to the Laser-Plasma Interaction. After a simplified introduction to the physical background concerning the modelling of the laser propagation and its interaction with a plasma, we recall some classical results about the geometrical optics in plasmas. Then we deal with the well known paraxial approximation of the solution of the Maxwell equation; we state a coupling model between the plasma hydrodynamics and the laser propagation. Lastly, we consider the...

We study the dynamics of interacting fermionic systems, in the mean-field regime. We consider initial states which are close to quasi-free states and prove that, under suitable assumptions on the inital data and on the many-body interaction, the quantum evolution of the system is approximated by a time-dependent quasi-free state. In particular we prove that the evolution of the reduced one-particle density matrix converges, as the number of particles goes to infinity, to the solution of the time-dependent...

We discuss the Hartree equation arising in the mean-field limit of large systems of bosons and explain its importance within the class of nonlinear Schrödinger equations. Of special interest to us is the Hartree equation with focusing nonlinearity (attractive two-body interactions). Rigorous results for the Hartree equation are presented concerning: 1) its derivation from the quantum theory of large systems of bosons, 2) existence and stability of Hartree solitons, and 3) its point-particle (Newtonian)...

Cet article est consacré à l’étude des mesures limites associées à la solution de l’équation de Helmholtz avec un terme source se concentrant en un point. Le potentiel est supposé $C^{\infty }$ et l’opérateur non-captif. La solution de l’équation de Schrödinger semi-classique s’écrit alors micro-localement comme somme finie de distributions lagrangiennes. Sous une hypothèse géométrique, qui généralise l’hypothèse du viriel, on en déduit que la mesure limite existe et qu’elle vérifie des propriétés standard....

In the present paper we survey some recents results concerning existence of semiclassical standing waves solutions for nonlinear Schrödinger equations. Furthermore, from Maxwell's equations we derive a nonlinear Schrödinger equation which represents a model of propagation of an electromagnetic field in optical waveguides.

In this paper, we are concerned with the existence of multi-bump solutions for a nonlinear Schrödinger equations with electromagnetic fields. We prove under some suitable conditions that for any positive integer m, there exists ε(m) > 0 such that, for 0 < ε < ε(m), the problem has an m-bump complex-valued solution. As a result, when ε → 0, the equation has more and more multi-bump complex-valued solutions.

In this work we consider the magnetic NLS equation$${(\frac{\hslash }{i}\nabla -A\left(x\right))}^{2}u+V\left(x\right)u-{f\left(\right|u|}^2)u=0\text{in}{ℝ}^N(0.1)$$where $N\ge 3$, $A:{ℝ}^N\to {ℝ}^N$ is a magnetic potential, possibly unbounded, $V:{ℝ}^N\to ℝ$ is a multi-well electric potential, which can vanish somewhere, $f$ is a subcritical nonlinear term. We prove the existence of a semiclassical multi-peak solution $u:{ℝ}^N\to ℂ$ to (0.1), under conditions on the nonlinearity which are nearly optimal.

In this work we consider the magnetic NLS equation $${(\frac{\hslash }{i}\nabla -A\left(x\right))}^{2}u+V\left(x\right)u-{f\left(\right|u|}^2)u=0\text{in}{ℝ}^N(0.1)$$ where $N\ge 3$, $A:{ℝ}^N\to {ℝ}^N$ is a magnetic potential, possibly unbounded, $V:{ℝ}^N\to ℝ$ is a multi-well electric potential, which can vanish somewhere, f is a subcritical nonlinear term. We prove the existence of a semiclassical multi-peak solution $u:{ℝ}^N\to ℂ$ to (0.1), under conditions on the nonlinearity which are nearly optimal.