Dynamics of radial solutions for the focusing fourth-order nonlinear Schrödinger equations

Abstract: We consider the following class of focusing $L^2$-supercritical fourth-order nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations [ i\partial_t u - \Delta^2 u + \mu \Delta u = - |u|^\alpha u, \quad (t,x) \in \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R}^N, ] where $N\geq 2$, $\mu \geq 0$, and $\frac{8}{N}<\alpha<\alpha^*$ with $\alpha^*:=\frac{8}{N-4}$ if $N\geq 5$ and $\alpha^*=\infty$ if $N\leq 4$. By using the localized Morawetz estimates and radial Sobolev embedding, we establish the energy scattering below the ground state threshold for the equation with radially symmetric initial data. We also address the existence of finite time blow-up radial solutions to the equation. In particular, we show a sharp threshold for scattering and blow-up for the equation with radial data. Our scattering result not only extends the one proved by Guo \cite{Guo}, where the scattering was proven for $\mu = 0$, but also provides an alternative simple proof that completely avoids the use of the concentration/compactness and rigidity argument. In the case $\mu > 0$, our blow-up result extends an earlier result proved by Boulenger-Lenzmann \cite{BL}, where the finite time blow-up was shown for initial data with negative energy.