Wave operator for the generalized derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equation

Abstract

In this work, we prove the existence of wave operator for the following generalized derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equation \begin{align*} i\partial_t u+\partial_x^2 u +i |u|^{2σ}\partial_x u=0, \end{align*} with $(t,x)\in \mathbb{R}\times \mathbb{R}$, $\sigma \in \mathbb{N}$, and $\sigma \ge 3$. The study of wave operators is an important part of the scattering theory, and it is useful in the construction of the nonlinear profile and the large data scattering. The previous argument for small data scattering in \cite{BaiWuXue-JDE}, which is based on the local smoothing effect and maximal function estimates, breaks down when considering the final data problem. The main reason is that the resolution space does not provide smallness near the infinite time. We overcome this difficulty by invoking the gauge transformation and the normal form method.