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We consider the defocusing energy-critical nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with inverse-square potential $iu_t = -\Delta u + a|x|^{-2}u + |u|^4u$ in three space dimensions. We prove global well-posedness and scattering for $a>-\frac14 +\frac1{25}$. We also carry out the variational analysis needed to treat the focusing case.

We study the $L^p$-theory for the Schr\"odinger operator $\mathcal L_a$ with inverse-square potential $a|x|^{-2}$. Our main result describes when $L^p$-based Sobolev spaces defined in terms of the operator $(\mathcal L_a)^{s/2}$ agree with those defined via $(-\Delta)^{s/2}$. We consider all regularities $0

We consider the focusing energy-critical nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation $iu_t+\Delta u = - |u|^{\frac4{d-2}}u$ in dimensions $d\geq 5$. We prove that if a maximal-lifespan solution $u:I\times\R^d\to \C$ obeys $\sup_{t\in I}\|\nabla u(t)\|_2<\|\nabla W\|_2$, then it is global and scatters both forward and backward in time. Here $W$ denotes the ground state, which is a stationary solution of the equation. In particular, if a solution has both energy and kinetic energy less than those of the ground state $W$ at some point in time, then the solution is global and scatters. We also show that any solution that blows up with bounded kinetic energy must concentrate at least the kinetic energy of the ground state. Similar results were obtained by Kenig and Merle in \cite{Evian, kenig-merle} for spherically symmetric initial data and dimensions $d=3,4,5$.

We consider the Cauchy problem for a family of semilinear defocusing Schr\"odinger equations with monomial nonlinearities in one space dimension. We establish global well-posedness and scattering. Our analysis is based on a four-particle interaction Morawetz estimate giving \emph{a priori} $L^8_{t,x}$ spacetime control on solutions.

In dimension $n>3$ we show the existence of a compactly supported potential in the differentiability class $C^\alpha$, $\alpha < \frac{n-3}2$, for which the solutions to the linear Schr\"odinger equation in $\R^n$, $$ -i\partial_t u = - \Delta u + Vu, \quad u(0)=f, $$ do not obey the usual $L^1\to L^{\infty}$ dispersive estimate. This contrasts with known results in dimensions $n \leq 3$, where a pointwise decay condition on $V$ is generally sufficient to imply dispersive bounds.

We obtain global well-posedness, scattering, uniform regularity, and global $L^6_{t,x}$ spacetime bounds for energy-space solutions to the defocusing energy-critical nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation in $\R\times\R^4$. Our arguments closely follow those of Colliander-Keel-Staffilani-Takaoka-Tao, though our derivation of the frequency-localized interaction Morawetz estimate is somewhat simpler. As a consequence, our method yields a better bound on the $L^6_{t,x}$-norm.