We prove that the critical Wave Maps equation with target and origin ℝ admits energy class blow up solutions of the form [ u(t, r) = Q(\lambda(t)r) + \epsilon(t, r) ] where is the ground state harmonic map and for any . This extends the work, where such solutions were constructed under the assumption . Also in the later chapter, we give the necessary remarks and key changes one needs to notice while the same problem is considered in a more general case while is a surface of revolution. We are also able to extends the blow-up range in Carstea's work to . In light of a result of Struwe, our results are optimal for polynomial blow up rates.
Jean-François Molinari, Antonio Joaquin Garcia Suarez, Tobias Brink