Cylindrically Symmetric Ground State Solutions for Curl-Curl Equations   with Critical Exponent
  We study the following nonlinear critical curl-curl equation \begin{equation}\label{eq0.1}\nabla\times \nabla\times U +V(x)U=|U|^{p-2}U+ |U|^4U,\quad x\in \mathbb{R}^3,\end{equation} where $V(x)=V(r, x_3)$ with $r=\sqrt{x_1^2+x_2^2}$ is 1-periodic in $x_3$ direction and belongs to $L^\infty(\R^3)$. When $0\not\in \sigma(-\Delta+\frac{1}{r^2}+V)$ and $p\in(4,6)$, we prove the existence of nontrivial solution for (\ref{eq0.1}), which is indeed a ground state solution in a suitable cylindrically symmetric space. Especially, if $ \sigma(-\Delta+\frac{1}{r^2}+V)>0$, a ground state solution is obtained for any $p\in(2,6)$. 
Xiaoyu Zeng
math.AP math.FA