A Nonexistence Result for Choquard-Type Hamiltonian System

Abstract

In this article, we establish a nonexistence result of nontrivial non-negative solutions for the following Choquard-type Hamiltonian system by the Pohožaev identity , when , , , , , and , where and denotes the convolution in .

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Wang, Z. (2023) A Nonexistence Result for Choquard-Type Hamiltonian System. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics, 11, 608-617. doi: 10.4236/jamp.2023.113038.

1. Introduction and Statement of Main Result

Recently, a lot of attention has been focused on the study of the following Choquard-type Hamiltonian system

{ Δ u + u = ( I μ 1 | v | p | x | α ) | v | p 2 v | x | α , in N \ { 0 } , Δ v + v = ( I μ 2 | u | q | x | β ) | u | q 2 u | x | β , in N \ { 0 } , u ( x ) , v ( x ) 0, when | x | , (1.1)

where N 3 , 0 < μ 1 , μ 2 < N , 0 α μ 1 2 , 0 β μ 2 2 , p , q > 1 , I μ i = 1 | x | N μ i for i = 1 , 2 , is the convolution in N .

When α = β = 0 , μ 1 = μ 2 , p = q , u = v , (1.1) reduces to the following classic Choquard equation

Δ u + u = ( I μ 1 | u | p ) | u | p 2 u , in N . (1.2)

Equation (1.2) has a physical prototype, as pointed out by Lieb [1] , Choquard introduced the equation

i ψ t = Δ ψ ( I 2 | ψ | 2 ) ψ , ( x , t ) 3 × + ,

to describe an electron trapped in its own hole as an approximation to Hartree-Fock theory for a one component plasma. It also arises in multiple particle systems and Quantum Mechanics [2] . In a pioneering work, set ψ ( x , t ) = e i t u ( x ) , then

Δ u + u = ( I 2 | u | 2 ) u , in 3 , (1.3)

and Lieb [1] first obtained the existence and uniqueness of a ground state solution to (1.3) via variational methods. Lions [3] [4] considered the same problem and proved the existence and multiplicity of normalized solutions. The classification of positive solutions was first studied by Ma and Zhao [5] .

As for (1.2), Moroz and Van Schaftingen [6] studied the positivity, regularity, decay asymptotics and radial symmetry of ground state solutions for

N 2 N + μ 1 < 1 p < N N + μ 1 . Meanwhile, they also proved that (1.2) has no nontrivial smooth H 1 solution for either 1 p N 2 N + μ 1 or 1 p N N + μ 1 by using the Pohožaev identity. The number N + μ 1 N and N + μ 1 N 2 (if N 3 ) are called the lower and upper critical exponents related to the Hardy-Littlewood-Sobolev inequality, respectively. Furthermore, if μ 1 = μ 2 , 0 α = β μ 1 2 and p = q , u = v in (1.1), Du et al. [7] also established the nonexistence result for

p N + μ 1 2 α N 2 or p N + μ 1 2 α N when N 3 by the Pohožaev identity.

By using the method of moving planes in integral forms introduced by Chen et

al. [8] , Le [9] proved the following equation has no positive solution if p < N + μ 1 N 2 ( p when N 2 ), and every positive solution u has the form u ( x ) = c ( λ λ 2 + | x x 0 | 2 ) N 2 2 for some c , λ > 0 and x 0 N ,

Δ u = ( I μ 1 | u | p ) | u | p 2 u , in N .

As for more investigations about Choquard equations, we refer to [10] .

For the Hamiltonian system, if α = β = 0 in (1.1), Maia and Miyagaki [11] studied the following Choquard-type Hamiltonian system

{ Δ u + u = ( I μ 1 | v | p ) | v | p 2 v , in N , Δ v + v = ( I μ 2 | u | q ) | u | q 2 u , in N , u ( x ) , v ( x ) 0, when | x | . (1.4)

However, different from (1.2), the structure of (1.4) makes it quite difficult to obtain the Pohožaev identity for (1.4). In the spirit of the method in [12] , Maia and Miyagaki used similar arguments to overcome this difficulty and obtained the Pohožaev identity, they proved that: if N 3 , (1.4) has no nontrivial non-negative C 2 solution for p N + μ 1 N 2 and q N + μ 2 N 2 ; if N = 2 , (1.4) has no nontrivial non-negative C 2 solution for p 2 + μ 1 2 and q 2 + μ 2 2 . The key

idea of [12] is that, for the Hamiltonian system of 2 equations, consider a pair of non-negative solutions ( u , v ) , define U : = x u ( x ) and V : = x v ( x ) . Through a straightforward calculation to obtain v Δ U and u Δ V , then by using the differential knowledge and ( u , v ) is solution, we can get a differential form of Pohožaev identity, which will produce the Pohožaev identity. This new idea also helps Kou and An [13] to generalize the well-known results of Mitidieri [14] and discuss the nonexistence result of positive solutions for the Hamiltonian system in a non-star shaped domain. By the method of moving planes in integral forms, Le [15] also showed that the following system has no positive classical solution

{ Δ u = ( I μ 1 | v | p ) | v | p 2 v , in N , Δ v = ( I μ 2 | u | q ) | u | q 2 u , in N ,

when N 3 , 1 < p N + μ 1 N 2 , 1 < q N + μ 2 N 2 and p + q < 2 N + μ 1 + μ 2 N 2 .

Other existence or nonexistence results of solutions for equations can be find, we refer readers to [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] and references therein.

Motivated by the aforementioned papers, in the present paper, we give a nonexistence result of nontrivial non-negative solutions for (1.1) with α , β 0 by the Pohožaev identity.

The main result of this paper is the following:

Theorem 1.1. Assume that N 3 , 0 < μ 1 , μ 2 < N , 0 α μ 1 2 , 0 β μ 2 2 , p , q > 1 , and N + μ 1 2 α p + N + μ 2 2 β q 2 ( N 2 ) , if

( u , v ) ( C 2 ( N \ { 0 } ) H 1 ( N ) L 2 N p N + μ 1 2 α ( N ) ) × ( C 2 ( N \ { 0 } ) H 1 ( N ) L 2 N q N + μ 2 2 β ( N ) ) is a pair of non-negative solutions of (1.1), then ( u , v ) = ( 0 , 0 ) . In particular, (1.1) does not have a pair of nontrivial non-negative solutions for p N + μ 1 2 α N 2 and q N + μ 2 2 β N 2 .

In Section 2, we will give the proof of Theorem 1.1. To facilitate reading, we use the notations:

C 2 ( N \ { 0 } ) is the space of functions whose 2-th derivatives are continuous in N \ { 0 } .

C 0 ( N ) is the space of functions infinitely differentiable with compact support in N .

L p ( N ) , p [ 1, + ) is the usual Lebesgue space endowed with the norm u t = ( N | u | t d x ) 1 t .

H 1 ( N ) = { u L 2 ( N ) : u L 2 ( N ) } is endowed with norm u = ( N | u | 2 + u 2 d x ) 1 2 .

2. Proof of Theorem 1.1

To study (1.1), we need the following doubly weighted Hardy-Littlewood-Sobolev inequality proved in [21] .

Proposition 2.1. (Doubly Weighted Hardy-Littlewood-Sobolev Inequality) Let t , r > 1 and 0 < μ < N with 0 α + β μ , 1 t + α + β μ N + 1 r = 1 , α < N t , β < N r , f L t ( N ) and h L r ( N ) , where 1 t + 1 t = 1 and 1 r + 1 r = 1 . Then there exists a constant C ( α , β , μ , N , t , r ) > 0 which is independent of f , h such that

N ( I μ f ( x ) | x | α ) h ( x ) | x | β d x C ( α , β , μ , N , t , r ) f t h r .

From Proposition 2.1, we easily get the following remark.

Remark 2.1. Let 0 < μ < N , 0 α μ 2 , and p > 1 . Assume that u L 2 N p N + μ 2 α ( N ) , then there exists C ( α , μ , N ) > 0 such that

N ( I μ | u | p | x | α ) | u | p | x | α d x C ( α , μ , N ) u 2 N p N + μ 2 α 2 p . (2.1)

Consider a cut-off function φ C 0 ( N , [ 0,1 ] ) such that φ ( x ) = 1 if | x | 1 , φ ( x ) = 0 if | x | 2 . For any fixed λ > 0 , set

u ˜ λ ( x ) = φ ( λ x ) x u ( x ) and v ˜ λ ( x ) = φ ( λ x ) x v ( x ) .

Lemma 2.1. Let u , v 0 and ( u , v ) ( C 2 ( N \ { 0 } ) L 2 N p N + μ 1 2 α ( N ) ) × ( C 2 ( N \ { 0 } ) L 2 N q N + μ 2 2 β ( N ) ) , then

l i m λ 0 N ( I μ 1 v p | x | α ) v p 1 v ˜ λ | x | α d x = N μ 1 + 2 α 2 p N ( I μ 1 v p | x | α ) v p | x | α d x ,

and

l i m λ 0 N ( I μ 2 u q | x | β ) u q 1 u ˜ λ | x | β d x = N μ 2 + 2 β 2 q N ( I μ 2 u q | x | β ) u q | x | β d x .

Proof. A direct computation, one has

N ( I μ 1 v p | x | α ) v p 1 v ˜ λ | x | α d x = N N | x y | μ 1 N | y | α v p ( y ) | x | α v p 1 ( x ) φ ( λ x ) [ x v ( x ) ] d x d y = N N | x y | μ 1 N | y | α v p ( y ) | x | α φ ( λ x ) [ x ( v p ( x ) p ) ] d x d y = 1 2 N N | x y | μ 1 N | x | α | y | α v p ( y ) φ ( λ x ) [ x ( v p ( x ) p ) ] + | x y | μ 1 N | x | α | y | α v p ( x ) φ ( λ y ) [ y ( v p ( y ) p ) ] d x d y

= 1 2 N N [ ( μ 1 N ) | x y | μ 1 N | x | α | y | α v p ( y ) φ ( λ x ) v p ( x ) p x ( x y ) | x y | 2 + ( μ 1 N ) | x y | μ 1 N | x | α | y | α v p ( x ) φ ( λ y ) v p ( y ) p y ( x y ) | x y | 2 α | x y | μ 1 N | x | α | y | α v p ( y ) φ ( λ x ) v p ( x ) p α | x y | μ 1 N | x | α | y | α v p ( x ) φ ( λ y ) v p ( y ) p

+ λ | x y | μ 1 N | x | α | y | α v p ( y ) [ x φ ( λ x ) ] v p ( x ) p + λ | x y | μ 1 N | x | α | y | α v p ( x ) [ y φ ( λ y ) ] v p ( y ) p + N | x y | μ 1 N | x | α | y | α v p ( y ) φ ( λ x ) v p ( x ) p + N | x y | μ 1 N | x | α | y | α v p ( x ) φ ( λ y ) v p ( y ) p ] d x d y

= N μ 1 2 p N N 1 | x y | N μ 1 v p ( x ) | x | α v p ( y ) | y | α ( x y ) ( x φ ( λ x ) y φ ( λ y ) ) | x y | 2 d x d y + α p N N 1 | x y | N μ 1 v p ( x ) | x | α v p ( y ) | y | α φ ( λ x ) d x d y N p N N 1 | x y | N μ 1 v p ( x ) | x | α v p ( y ) | y | α φ ( λ x ) d x d y λ p N N 1 | x y | N μ 1 v p ( x ) | x | α v p ( y ) | y | α [ x φ ( λ x ) ] d x d y .

Using the Lebesgue dominated convergence theorem, we get the first equality. Similarly, we obtain the second equality.

Lemma 2.2. Under the assumptions of Theorem 1.1, the following identity holds

4 N u v d x = [ N + μ 1 2 α p ( N 2 ) ] N ( I μ 1 v p | x | α ) v p | x | α d x + [ N + μ 2 2 β q ( N 2 ) ] N ( I μ 2 u q | x | β ) u q | x | β d x .

Proof. A direct computation, we have

v Δ u ˜ λ = λ 2 ( x u ) v Δ φ ( λ x ) + 2 λ v φ ( λ x ) ( x u ) + φ ( λ x ) v Δ ( x u ) ,

φ ( λ x ) v Δ ( x u ) = φ ( λ x ) v [ 2 Δ u + x ( Δ u ) ] ,

and

x i [ ( I μ 1 v p | x | α ) v p | x | α x i ] = ( μ 1 N ) N I μ 1 ( x y ) v p ( y ) v p ( x ) x i ( x i y i ) | x y | 2 | x | α | y | α d y + p ( I μ 1 v p | x | α ) v p 1 | x | α v x i x i α ( I μ 1 v p | x | α ) v p | x | α x i 2 | x | 2 + ( I μ 1 v p | x | α ) v p | x | α . (2.2)

Since ( u , v ) solves (1.1), we have Δ u + u = ( I μ 1 v p | x | α ) v p 1 | x | α , combing this with (2.2), we obtain

N v Δ u ˜ λ d x = λ 2 N ( x u ) v Δ φ ( λ x ) d x + 2 λ N v φ ( λ x ) ( x u ) d x + 2 N φ ( λ x ) u v d x 2 N φ ( λ x ) ( I μ 1 v p | x | α ) v p | x | α d x + N v u ˜ λ ( x ) d x i = 1 N N φ ( λ x ) x i [ ( I μ 1 v p | x | α ) v p | x | α x i ] d x + i = 1 N N φ ( λ x ) ( I μ 1 v p | x | α ) v p 1 | x | α v x i x i d x + N N φ ( λ x ) ( I μ 1 v p | x | α ) v p | x | α d x . (2.3)

Analogously,

N u Δ v ˜ λ d x = λ 2 N ( x v ) u Δ φ ( λ x ) d x + 2 λ N u φ ( λ x ) ( x v ) d x + 2 N φ ( λ x ) u v d x 2 N φ ( λ x ) ( I μ 2 u q | x | β ) u q | x | β d x

+ N u v ˜ λ ( x ) d x i = 1 N N φ ( λ x ) x i [ ( I μ 2 u q | x | β ) u q | x | β x i ] d x + i = 1 N N φ ( λ x ) ( I μ 2 u q | x | β ) u q 1 | x | β u x i x i d x + N N φ ( λ x ) ( I μ 2 u q | x | β ) u q | x | β d x . (2.4)

We multiply the first equation in (1.1) by v ˜ λ , and integrate over N , subtract from (2.3) to obtain

2 N φ ( λ x ) ( I μ 1 v p | x | α ) v p | x | α d x 2 N φ ( λ x ) u v d x = N v Δ u ˜ λ d x + λ 2 N ( x u ) v Δ φ ( λ x ) d x + 2 λ N v φ ( λ x ) ( x u ) d x i = 1 N N φ ( λ x ) x i [ ( I μ 1 v p | x | α ) v p | x | α x i ] d x + N v u ˜ λ ( x ) d x + N N φ ( λ x ) ( I μ 1 v p | x | α ) v p | x | α d x + N v ˜ λ Δ u d x N u v ˜ λ d x + 2 N ( I μ 1 v p | x | α ) v p 1 | x | α v ˜ λ d x . (2.5)

Similarly,

2 N φ ( λ x ) ( I μ 2 u q | x | β ) u q | x | β d x 2 N φ ( λ x ) u v d x = N u Δ v ˜ λ d x + λ 2 N ( x v ) u Δ φ ( λ x ) d x + 2 λ N u φ ( λ x ) ( x v ) d x i = 1 N N φ ( λ x ) x i [ ( I μ 2 u q | x | β ) u q | x | β x i ] d x + N u v ˜ λ ( x ) d x + N N φ ( λ x ) ( I μ 2 u q | x | β ) u q | x | β d x + N u ˜ λ Δ v d x N v u ˜ λ d x + 2 N ( I μ 2 u q | x | β ) u q 1 | x | β u ˜ λ d x . (2.6)

Recalling that u ( x ) , v ( x ) 0 when | x | and φ C 0 ( N , [ 0,1 ] ) , by divergence theorem and Fubini theorem, we obtain

N v Δ u ˜ λ d x + N v ˜ λ Δ u d x N u Δ v ˜ λ d x + N u ˜ λ Δ v d x = 0

and

i = 1 N N φ ( λ x ) x i [ ( I μ 1 v p | x | α ) v p | x | α x i ] d x i = 1 N N φ ( λ x ) x i [ ( I μ 2 u q | x | β ) u q | x | β x i ] d x = λ N ( I μ 1 v p | x | α ) v p | x | α [ x φ ( λ x ) ] d x + λ N ( I μ 2 u q | x | β ) u q | x | β [ x φ ( λ x ) ] d x .

Consequently, adding (2.5) and (2.6), by Lemma 2.2, it follows that

2 N ( I μ 1 v p | x | α ) v p | x | α d x + 2 N ( I μ 2 u q | x | β ) u q | x | β d x 4 N u v d x = N N ( I μ 1 v p | x | α ) v p | x | α d x + N μ 1 + 2 α p N ( I μ 1 v p | x | α ) v p | x | α + N N ( I μ 2 u q | x | β ) u q | x | β d x + N μ 2 + 2 β q N ( I μ 2 u q | x | β ) u q | x | β ,

which is equivalent to

4 N u v d x = [ N + μ 1 2 α p ( N 2 ) ] N ( I μ 1 v p | x | α ) v p | x | α d x + [ N + μ 2 2 β q ( N 2 ) ] N ( I μ 2 u q | x | β ) u q | x | β d x .

The proof of Lemma 2.2 is complete.

Proof of Theorem 1.1: If ( u , v ) ( C 2 ( N \ { 0 } ) H 1 ( N ) L 2 N p N + μ 1 2 α ( N ) ) × ( C 2 ( N \ { 0 } ) H 1 ( N ) L 2 N q N + μ 2 2 β ( N ) ) is a pair of non-negative solutions of (1.1), suppose that N + μ 1 2 α p + N + μ 2 2 β q 2 ( N 2 ) , by Lemma 2.2, there holds

0 4 N u v d x = ( N + μ 1 2 α p + N + μ 2 2 β q 2 N + 4 ) N ( I μ 1 v p | x | α ) v p | x | α d x 0,

which indicates v = 0 . Similarly, we can prove that u = 0 .

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