Multiplicity and Concentration of Solutions for Kirchhoff Equations with Magnetic Field

In this paper, we study the following nonlinear magnetic Kirchhoff equation: { - ( a ⁢ ϵ 2 + b ⁢ ϵ ⁢ [ u ] A / ϵ 2 ) ⁢ Δ A / ϵ ⁢ u + V ⁢ ( x ) ⁢ u = f ⁢ ( | u | 2 ) ⁢ u in ⁢ ℝ 3 , u ∈ H 1 ⁢ ( ℝ 3 , ℂ ) , \left\{\begin{aligned} &\displaystyle{-}(a\epsilon^{2}+b\epsilon[u]_{A/% \epsilon}^{2})\Delta_{A/\epsilon}u+V(x)u=f(\lvert u\rvert^{2})u&&\displaystyle% \phantom{}\text{in }\mathbb{R}^{3},\\ &\displaystyle u\in H^{1}(\mathbb{R}^{3},\mathbb{C}),\end{aligned}\right. where ϵ > 0 {\epsilon>0} , a , b > 0 {a,b>0} are constants, V : ℝ 3 → ℝ {V:\mathbb{R}^{3}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}} and A : ℝ 3 → ℝ 3 {A:\mathbb{R}^{3}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^{3}} are continuous potentials, and Δ A ⁢ u {\Delta_{A}u} is the magnetic Laplace operator. Under a local assumption on the potential V, by combining variational methods, a penalization technique and the Ljusternik–Schnirelmann theory, we prove multiplicity properties of solutions and concentration phenomena for ϵ small. In this problem, the function f is only continuous, which allows to consider larger classes of nonlinearities in the reaction.