Convergence to Scattering States in the Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation

Abstract: In this paper, we consider global solutions of the following nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation $iu_t+\Delta u+\lambda|u|^\alpha u = 0,$ in $\R^N,$ with $\lambda\in\R,$ $\alpha\in(0,\frac{4}{N-2})$ $(\alpha\in(0,\infty)$ if $N=1)$ and \linebreak $u(0)\in X\equiv H^1(\R^N)\cap L^2(|x|^2;dx).$ We show that, under suitable conditions, if the solution $u$ satisfies $e^{-it\Delta}u(t)-u_ \pm\to0$ in $X$ as $t\to\pm\infty$ then $u(t)-e^{it\Delta}u_\pm\to0$ in $X$ as $t\to\pm\infty.$ We also study the converse. Finally, we estimate $|:|u(t)|X-|e^{it\Delta}u\pm|_X:|$ under some less restrictive assumptions.