Published Paper
Inserted: 19 jul 2018
Last Updated: 7 jul 2022
Journal: SIAM J. Math. Anal.
Volume: 51
Number: 2
Pages: 1046-1081
Year: 2019
Doi: 10.1137/18M1211714
Abstract:
In this paper we study the nonlinear Dirac (NLD) equation on noncompact metric graphs with localized Kerr nonlinearities, in the case of Kirchhoff-type conditions at the vertices. Precisely, we discuss existence and multiplicity of the bound states (arising as critical points of the NLD action functional) and we prove that, in the L 2-subcritical case, they converge to the bound states of the NLS equation in the nonrelativistic limit.