Asymptotic stability of solitary waves of the 3D quadratic Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation

Abstract

We consider the quadratic Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation $$ \partial_t u + \partial_x \Delta u + \partial_x u^2 =0 $$ on $\mathbb{R}^3$. A solitary wave solution is given by $Q(x-t,y,z)$, where $Q$ is the ground state solution to $-Q + \Delta Q + Q^2 =0$. We prove the asymptotic stability of these solitary wave solutions. Specifically, we show that initial data close to $Q$ in the energy space, evolves to a solution that, as $t\to\infty$, converges to a rescaling and shift of $Q(x-t,y,z)$ in $L^2$ in a rightward shifting region $x> \delta t -\tan \theta \sqrt{y^2+z^2} $ for $0 \leq \theta \leq \frac{\pi}{3}-\delta$.