Multiple positive solutions with prescribed masses for a coupled Schr\"odinger system: mass mixed and Sobolev critical coupled case

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to establish multiple positive normalized solutions $(u,v,\lambda_1,\lambda_2)\in H^1(\mathbb{R}^N,\mathbb{R}^2)\times \mathbb{R}^2$ to the following coupled Schr\"odinger system involving Sobolev critical exponent: $$ \begin{cases} -\Delta u+\lambda_1 u=\mu_1|u|^{p-2}u+\nu\alpha|u|^{\alpha-2}u|v|^\beta, x\in \mathbb{R}^N,\\ -\Delta v+\lambda_2 v=\mu_2|v|^{q-2}v+\nu\beta|v|^{\beta-2}v|u|^\alpha, x\in \mathbb{R}^N,\\ \int_{\mathbb{R}^N}|u|^2\mathrm{d}x=a, \int_{\mathbb{R}^N}|v|^2\mathrm{d}x=b, \end{cases} N\geq 3, $$ where $\mu_1,\mu_2, \nu, a, b>0$. We are particularly interested in the mass mixed case that $2<p, q<2+\frac{4}{N}, \alpha>1, \beta>1$, and $\alpha+\beta=2^*:=\frac{2N}{N-2}$. For sufficiently small $\nu>0$, we demonstrate that the above system admits two positive solutions, one of which serves as a local minimizer, and the other as a mountain pass solution. By developing some new technical lemmas on the interaction estimates, we are managed to resolves Soave's open problem [{\it J. Funct. Anal.}, 2020, Remark 1.1] within the context of the system case. Notably, our existence result holds true for all dimensions $N\geq 3$. Our results also significantly extend the result of Gou and Jeanjean [{\it Nonlinearity}, 2018, Theorem 1.1] to the Sobolev critical coupled case and removing the hypothesis ``either $p,q\leq \alpha+\beta-\frac{2}{N}$ or $|p-q|\leq \frac{2}{N}$" for $N\geq 5$. Additionally, we also establish a sequence of properties for the local minimizer, including local uniqueness, continuity with respect to the small parameter $\nu$, and the limiting profiles for $\nu\rightarrow 0^+$.