An eigenvalue problem for a quasilinear elliptic field equation on $\mathbb R^n$

Abstract

We study the field equation $$ -\Delta u+V(x)u+\varepsilon^r(-\Delta_pu+W'(u))=\mu u $$ on $\mathbb R^n$, with $\varepsilon$ positive parameter. The function $W$ is singular in a point and so the configurations are characterized by a topological invariant: the topological charge. By a min-max method, for $\varepsilon$ sufficiently small, there exists a finite number of solutions $(\mu(\varepsilon),u(\varepsilon))$ of the eigenvalue problem for any given charge $q\in{\mathbb Z}\setminus\{0\}$.