Integration of the matrix nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a source

This paper is concerned with studying the matrix nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a self-consistent source. The source consists of the combination of the eigenfunctions of the corresponding spectral problem for the matrix Zakharov-Shabat system which has not spectral singularities. The theorem about the evolution of the scattering data of a non-self-adjoint matrix Zakharov-Shabat system which potential is a solution of the matrix nonlinear Schrödinger equation with the self-consistent source is proved. The obtained results allow us to solve the Cauchy problem for the matrix nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a self-consistent source in the class of the rapidly decreasing functions via the inverse scattering method. A one-to-one correspondence between the potential of the matrix Zakharov-Shabat system and scattering data provide the uniqueness of the solution of the considering problem. A step-by-step algorithm for finding a solution to the problem under consideration is presented.