Perturbation of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation by a localized nonlinearity

Abstract

We revisit the perturbative theory of infinite dimensional integrable systems developed by P. Deift and X. Zhou \cite{DZ-2}, aiming to provide new and simpler proofs of some key $L^\infty$ bounds and $L^p$ \emph{\textit{a priori}} estimates. Our proofs emphasizes a further step towards understanding focussing problems and extends the applicability to other integrable models. As a concrete application, we examine the perturbation of the one-dimensional defocussing cubic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation by a localized higher-order term. We introduce improved estimates to control the power of the perturbative term and demonstrate that the perturbed equation exhibits the same long-time behavior as the completely integrable nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation.