Normalized solutions to the mixed dispersion nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation in the mass critical and supercritical regime

Abstract

In this paper, we study the existence of solutions to the mixed dispersion nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation $$ \gamma \Delta ^2 u -\Delta u + \alpha u=|u|^{2 \sigma} u, \quad u \in H^2(\R^N), $$ under the constraint $$ \int_{\R^N}|u|^2 \, dx =c>0. $$ We assume $\gamma >0, N \geq 1, 4 \leq \sigma N < \frac{4N}{(N-4)^+}$, whereas the parameter $\alpha \in \R$ will appear as a Lagrange multiplier. Given $c \in \R^+$, we consider several questions including the existence of ground states, of positive solutions and the multiplicity of radial solutions. We also discuss the stability of the standing waves of the associated dispersive equation.