On the concentration of semi-classical states for a nonlinear Dirac–Klein–Gordon system

Abstract

In the present paper, we study the semi-classical approximation of a Yukawa-coupled massive Dirac–Klein–Gordon system with some general nonlinear self-coupling. We prove that for a constrained coupling constant there exists a family of ground states of the semi-classical problem, for all ℏ small, and show that the family concentrates around the maxima of the nonlinear potential as ℏ→0. Our method is variational and relies upon a delicate cutting off technique. It allows us to overcome the lack of convexity of the nonlinearities.