Nonlinear Schrödinger equations with critical Hardy potential and Choquard nonlinearity

Abstract: We study the Cauchy problem for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation characterized by contrasting effects between the concentration at the origin of a critical Hardy potential and the intrinsic nonlocality of a Choquard nonlinearity. We prove the existence of a ground state solution through optimizers of an interpolation Hardy-Gagliardo-Nirenberg inequality and derive a non-existence result via Poho\v zaev identities. Using these results, we provide various criteria for the global existence and finite-time blow-up for the problem in the energy-subcritical regime. Finally, we establish a key compactness result, which enables us to obtain a characterization of finite-time blow-up solutions with minimal mass.