Type: Article
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Citations: 65
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1137/s0036141002416936
We study the Cauchy problem for Schrödinger equations with repulsive quadratic potential and powerlike nonlinearity. The local problem is well-posed in the same space as that used when a confining harmonic potential is involved. For a defocusing nonlinearity, it is globally well-posed, and a scattering theory is available, with no long range effect for any superlinear nonlinearity. When the nonlinearity is focusing, we prove that choosing the harmonic potential sufficiently strong prevents blow-up in finite time. Thanks to quadratic potentials, we provide a method to anticipate, delay, or prevent wave collapse; this mechanism is explicit for critical nonlinearity.