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Main Authors: Bao, Weizhu, Lu, Yong, Zhang, Zhifei
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Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.06920
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author Bao, Weizhu
Lu, Yong
Zhang, Zhifei
author_facet Bao, Weizhu
Lu, Yong
Zhang, Zhifei
contents In this paper, we study the nonrelativistic limit of the cubic nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation in $\mathbb{R}^{3}$ with a small parameter $0<\varepsilon \ll 1$, which is inversely proportional to the speed of light. We show that the cubic nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation converges to the cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a convergence rate of order $\varepsilon^{2}$. In particular, for the defocusing case and smooth initial data, we prove error estimates of the form $(1+t)\varepsilon^{2}$ at time $t$ which is valid up to long time of order $\varepsilon^{-1}$; while for nonsmooth initial data, we prove error estimates of the form $(1+t)\varepsilon$ at time $t$ which is valid up to long time of order $\varepsilon^{-\frac{1}{2}}$. These specific forms of error estimates coincide with the numerical results obtained in \cite{BZ19,SZ20}.
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spellingShingle Convergence rates in the nonrelativistic limit of the cubic Klein-Gordon equation
Bao, Weizhu
Lu, Yong
Zhang, Zhifei
Analysis of PDEs
In this paper, we study the nonrelativistic limit of the cubic nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation in $\mathbb{R}^{3}$ with a small parameter $0<\varepsilon \ll 1$, which is inversely proportional to the speed of light. We show that the cubic nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation converges to the cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a convergence rate of order $\varepsilon^{2}$. In particular, for the defocusing case and smooth initial data, we prove error estimates of the form $(1+t)\varepsilon^{2}$ at time $t$ which is valid up to long time of order $\varepsilon^{-1}$; while for nonsmooth initial data, we prove error estimates of the form $(1+t)\varepsilon$ at time $t$ which is valid up to long time of order $\varepsilon^{-\frac{1}{2}}$. These specific forms of error estimates coincide with the numerical results obtained in \cite{BZ19,SZ20}.
title Convergence rates in the nonrelativistic limit of the cubic Klein-Gordon equation
topic Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.06920