Ground states for a fractional scalar field problem with critical growth

Abstract

We prove the existence of a ground state solution for the following fractional scalar field equation $(-\Delta)^{s} u= g(u)$ in $\mathbb{R}^{N}$ where $s\in (0,1), N> 2s$,$ (-\Delta)^{s}$ is the fractional Laplacian, and $g\in C^{1, \beta}(\mathbb{R}, \mathbb{R})$ is an odd function satisfying the critical growth assumption.