00958nas a2200121   4500008004300000245009200043210006900135520053000204100002400734700002000758700002200778856003600800       2005                        en_Ud  00aGround states of nonlinear Schroedinger equations with potentials vanishing at infinity0 aGround states of nonlinear Schroedinger equations with potential3 aWe deal with a class on nonlinear Schr\\\\\\\"odinger equations \\\\eqref{eq:1} with potentials $V(x)\\\\sim |x|^{-\\\\a}$, $0<\\\\a<2$, and $K(x)\\\\sim |x|^{-\\\\b}$, $\\\\b>0$. Working in weighted Sobolev spaces, the existence of ground states $v_{\\\\e}$ belonging to $W^{1,2}(\\\\Rn)$ is proved under the assumption that $p$ satisfies \\\\eqref{eq:p}. Furthermore, it is shown that $v_{\\\\e}$ are {\\\\em spikes} concentrating at a minimum of ${\\\\cal A}=V^{\\\\theta}K^{-2/(p-1)}$, where $\\\\theta= (p+1)/(p-1)-1/2$.1 aAmbrosetti, Antonio1 aFelli, Veronica1 aMalchiodi, Andrea  uhttp://hdl.handle.net/1963/2352