Ricerc@Sapienza

We consider the one-dimensional Gross–Pitaevskii equation perturbed by a Dirac potential. Using a fine analysis of the properties of the linear propagator, we study the well-posedness of the Cauchy problem in the energy space of functions with modulus 1 at infinity. Then we show the persistence of the stationary black soliton of the unperturbed problem as a solution. We also prove the existence of another branch of nontrivial stationary waves. Depending on the attractive or repulsive nature of the Dirac perturbation and of the type of stationary solutions, we prove orbital stability via a variational approach, or linear instability via a bifurcation argument.