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Geometric optics and long range scattering for one-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equations. (English) Zbl 1029.35211
In this paper the scattering theory to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation $i \partial_t \psi + \frac{1}{2} \partial_x^2 \psi = \lambda |\psi|^2 \psi$ in one space dimension is considered for $$\lambda \in {\mathbb R}$$. For this equation one cannot compare the nonlinear dynamics with the free dynamics. For, it is known that if $$\psi$$ is a solution of this nonlinear equation and if $$U_0(-t)\psi (t)-\psi_- \rightarrow 0$$ in $$L^2$$ for $$t \rightarrow -\infty$$, then $$\psi=\psi_-=0$$. T. Ozawa [Commun. Math. Phys. 139, 479-493 (1991; Zbl 0970.35145)] defined a new operator such that the evolution of $$\psi_-$$ under this dynamics can be compared to the asymptotic behavior of a certain solution of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation. In the article under review the author uses methods of geometrical optics introduced by him [Indiana Univ. Math. J. 49, 475-551 (2000; Zbl 0970.35145)] to rediscover this operator and to improve the convergence estimates. The new evolution operator is of the form $e^{iS^-(t)}U_0(t) \psi_-$ with the phase shift $S^-(t,x)=\frac{\lambda}{2\pi}\left |\hat{\psi}_-\left( \frac{x}{t} \right) \right |^2 \log t.$

MSC:
 35Q60 PDEs in connection with optics and electromagnetic theory 35P25 Scattering theory for PDEs 35Q55 NLS equations (nonlinear Schrödinger equations) 81U05 $$2$$-body potential quantum scattering theory 78A05 Geometric optics
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