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The final-state problem for the cubic-quintic NLS with non-vanishing boundary conditions

We construct solutions with prescribed scattering state to the cubic-quintic NLS $$ (i\partial_t+Δ)ψ=α_1 ψ-α_{3}\vert ψ\vert^2 ψ+α_5\vert ψ\vert^4 ψ$$ in three spatial dimensions in the class of solutions with $|ψ(x)|\to c >0$ as $|x|\to\infty$. This models disturbances in an infinite expanse of (quantum) fluid in its quiescent state --- the limiting modulus $c$ corresponds to a local minimum in the energy density. Our arguments build on work of Gustafson, Nakanishi, and Tsai on the (defocusing) Gross--Pitaevskii equation. The presence of an energy-critical nonlinearity and changes in the geometry of the energy functional add several new complexities. One new ingredient in our argument is a demonstration that solutions of such (perturbed) energy-critical equations exhibit continuous dependence on the initial data with respect to the \emph{weak} topology on $H^1_x$.