Multiplicity and concentration results for local and fractional NLS equations with critical growth

Abstract

Goal of this paper is to study the following singularly perturbed nonlinear Schrödinger equation $$ \varepsilon^{2s}(- \Delta)^s v+ V(x) v= f(v), \quad x \in \mathbb{R}^N, $$ where $s \in (0,1)$, $N \geq 2$, $V \in C(\mathbb{R}^N,\mathbb{R})$ is a positive potential and $f$ is assumed critical and satisfying general Berestycki-Lions type conditions. When $\varepsilon>0$ is small, we obtain existence and multiplicity of semiclassical solutions, relating the number of solutions to the cup-length of a set of local minima of $V$; in particular, we improve the result in [37]. Furthermore, these solutions are proved to concentrate in the potential well, exhibiting a polynomial decay. Finally, we prove the previous results also in the limiting local setting $s=1$ and $N\geq 3$, with an exponential decay of the solutions.