Global well-posedness and scattering for the defocusing Ḣ1∕2-critical nonlinear Schrödinger equation in ℝ2

Abstract

In this paper we consider the Cauchy initial value problem for the defocusing quintic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation in $\mathbb{R}^2$ with general data in the critical space $\dot{H}^{\frac{1}{2}} (\mathbb{R}^2)$. We show that if a solution remains bounded in $\dot{H}^{\frac{1}{2}} (\mathbb{R}^2)$ in its maximal interval of existence, then the interval is infinite and the solution scatters.