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We prove that the critical Wave Maps equation with target and origin admits energy class blow up solutions of the form \[ u(t, r) = Q(\lambda(t)r) + \eps(t, r) \] where is the ground state harmonic map and for any . This extends the work , where such solutions were constructed under the assumption . In light of a result of Struwe , our result is optimal for polynomial blow up rates.
Andrea Manenti, Alessandro Vichi