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Mathieu Lewin , Phan Thành Nam ·

YOU? · · 2023 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2310.03495 · OA: W4387430806

We consider the nonlinear Gross-Pitaevskii equation at positive density, that is, for a bounded solution not tending to 0 at infinity. We focus on infinite ground states, which are by definition minimizers of the energy under local perturbations. When the Fourier transform of the interaction potential takes negative values we prove the existence of a phase transition at high density, where the constant solution ceases to be a ground state. The analysis requires mixing techniques from elliptic PDE theory and statistical mechanics, in order to deal with a large class of interaction potentials.