Vortex rings and solitary waves in trapped Bose–Einstein condensates

We discuss nonlinear excitations in an atomic Bose–Einstein condensate which is trapped in a harmonic potential. We focus on axially symmetric solitary waves propagating along a cylindrical condensate. A quasi one-dimensional dark soliton is the only nonlinear mode for a condensate with weak interactions. For sufficiently strong interactions of experimental interest solitary waves are hybrids of one-dimensional dark solitons and three-dimensional vortex rings. The energy-momentum dispersion of these solitary waves exhibits characteristics similar to a mode proposed sometime ago by Lieb in a strictly 1D model, as well as some rotonlike features. We subsequently discuss interactions between solitary waves. Head-on collisions between dark solitons are elastic. Slow vortex rings collide elastically but faster ones form intermediate structures during collisions before they lose energy to the background fluid. Solitary waves and their interactions have been observed in experiments. However, some of their intriguing features still remain to be experimentally identified.     

On solutions of a Boussinesq-type equation with displacement-dependent nonlinearities: the case of biomembranes

Boussinesq-type wave equations involve nonlinearities and dispersion. In this paper a Boussinesq-type equation with displacement-dependent nonlinearities is presented. Such a model was proposed by Heimburg and Jackson for describing longitudinal waves in biomembranes and later improved by Engelbrecht, Tamm and Peets taking into account the microinertia of a biomembrane. The steady solution in the form of a solitary wave is derived and the influence of nonlinear and dispersive terms over a large range of possible sets of coefficients demonstrated. The solutions emerging from arbitrary initial inputs are found using the numerical simulation. The properties of emerging trains of solitary waves are analysed. Finally, the interaction of solitary waves which satisfy the governing equation is studied. The interaction process is not fully elastic and after several interactions radiation effects may be significant. This means that for the present case the solitary waves are not solitons in the strict mathematical sense. However, like in other cases known in solid mechanics, such solutions may be conditionally called solitons.     

Effect of external magnetic field on nonlinear propagation of cylindrical magnetoacoustic soliton waves in quantum plasma

The propagation of magnetoacoustic solitary waves is investigated in magnetized quantum plasma consisting of cold ions and hot electrons. By using the quantum magnetohydrodynamic (QMHD) model, the nonlinear characteristics of different features of solitary waves in an electron-ion quantum magnetoplasma are investigated. Magnetoacoustic solitary waves are stationary solutions of the equations composed of the nonlinear mass and momentum continuity, together with the Maxwell's equations. The important quantum-mechanical effects including the quantum statistical and diffraction are examined numerically on the profiles of the solitons. It is found that the non-dimensional characteristic of the quantum parameter plays a significant role in the formation of the solitons.     

Decay of solitons in an isotropic collisionless quasineutral plasma with isothermal pressure

Soliton-type solutions of the complete unreduced system of transport equations describing the plane-parallel motions of an isotropic collisionless quasineutral plasma in a magnetic field with constant ion and electron temperatures are studied. The regions of the physical parameters for fast and slow magnetosonic branches, where solitons and generalized solitary waves—nonlocal soliton structures in the form of a soliton “core” with asymptotic behavior at infinity in the form of a periodic low-amplitude wave—exist, are determined. In the range of parameters where solitons are replaced by generalized solitary waves, soliton-like disturbances are subjected to decay whose mechanisms are qualitatively different for slow and fast magnetosonic waves. A specific feature of the decay of such disturbances for fast magnetosonic waves is that the energy of the disturbance decreases primarily as a result of the quasistationary emission of a resonant periodic wave of the same nature. Similar disturbances in the form of a soliton core of a slow magnetosonic generalized solitary wave essentially do not emit resonant modes on the Alfvén branch but they lose energy quite rapidly because of continuous emission of a slow magnetosonic wave. Possible types of shocks which are formed by two types of existing soliton solutions (solitons and generalized solitary waves) are examined in the context of such solutions.     

Two-dimensional bright solitons in dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates

We analyze the physics of bright solitons in 2D dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates. These solitons, which are not possible in short-range interacting gases, constitute the first realistic proposal of fully mobile stable 2D solitons in ultracold gases. In particular, we discuss the necessary conditions for the existence of stable 2D bright solitary waves by means of a 3D analysis of the lowest-lying excitations. We show that the anisotropy of the dipolar potential is crucial, since sufficiently large dipolar interactions can destabilize the 2D soliton. Additionally, we study the scattering of solitary waves, which, contrary to the contact-interacting case, is inelastic and could lead to fusion of the waves. Finally, the experimental possibilities for observability are discussed.     

尘埃等离子体中非线性波的叠加效应及稳定性问题

研究了小的有限振幅的无磁场尘埃等离子体中的非线性波.在一维情况下由Kortewegde Veries(KdV)方程来描述,考虑了二维情况下尘埃等离子体中尘埃颗粒上电荷的变化效应以及双温度离子效应后,尘埃等离子体受到横向高阶扰动后动力学方程由Kadomtsev-Petviashvili(KP)方程来描述.在此基础上,研究了以任意夹角传播的两个及三个孤立子的相互作用问题,考虑非线性效应后振幅相等的双孤立子在相互作用区域内振幅最大值是单个孤立子振幅的4倍,振幅相等的三孤立子在相互作用区域内振幅最大值是单个孤立子振幅的9倍.研究还表明波的传播方向受到横向高阶扰动后是稳定的.     

Stable complex solitary waves of Sasa Satsuma equation

Existence of a new class of complex solitary waves is shown for Sasa Satsuma equation. These solitary waves are found to be stable in a certain domain of the parameter and become chaotic if the parameter exceeds the value 2.4. Significantly, the complex solitary waves propagate at higher bit rate over the most stable solitons under the same conditions of the input parameters.     

Vector solitons in the dynamics of anharmonic monatomic lattices

It is shown that three types of solitary acoustic waves can develop in anharmonic crystal lattices corresponding to the three branches of acoustic phonons. A system of three nonlinear Schrödinger equations is derived to describe this situation. For greatly different group velocities, the interaction between solitons reduces collisions between them. When the group velocities of the different acoustic modes in a lattice are close to one another, bound states of the corresponding types of solitary waves occur. Bound states of this sort are vector solitons, whose polarization varies along the pulse. If the transverse acoustic modes are degenerate in velocity, the situation is extremely similar to the propagation of pulses in optical fibers.     

Solitary wave solutions as a signature of the instability in the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation

The effect of instability on the propagation of solitary waves along one-dimensional discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation with cubic nonlinearity is revisited. A self-contained quasicontinuum approximation is developed to derive closed-form expressions for small-amplitude solitary waves. The notion that the existence of nonlinear solitary waves in discrete systems is a signature of the modulation instability is used. With the help of this notion we conjecture that instability effects on moving solitons can be qualitative estimated from the analytical solutions. Results from numerical simulations are presented to support this conjecture.     

水槽中孤波相互作用的微扰变分分析

对Wu等人所观察到的水槽孤波相互作用的现象,给出了微扰变分解析分析,所得结果初步解释了水槽中孤波相互吸引和相互排斥现象,同时给出了同相双孤波的合并周期和第一次合并时间,孤子间的相互作用力及相互作用势,为孤波相互作用提供了粒子描述。 关键词：     

Nonlinear waves in a chain of plane-parallel domain walls in ferromagnets

Taking into account the nonlinear interaction between plain domain walls (DWs) in a chain of DWs, one-and two-parameter solitons are obtained. These solitons are solitary shear waves propagating along the DW chain.     

Interactions between neighboring combined solitary waves

In this paper, the interactions of three types of adjacent combined solitary waves, which are conveniently called Types I, II, and III combined solitary wave, respectively, are numerically investigated. The results show that their interactions exhibit quite different properties. For Type I combined solitary waves, the interaction is quite weaker than that of dark solitons for the standard nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation. Interestingly, the interaction can be well suppressed when they are reduced to the pure dark ones. But for Type II combined solitary waves, the interaction is much stronger than those of Types I and III combined solitary waves and is very difficult to be suppressed. Surprisingly, two adjacent Type III combined solitary waves, both brightlike and darklike ones, hardly interplay each other. These results imply that Type I pure dark solitary waves and Type III combined solitary waves may be regarded as appropriate candidates for information carriers. In addition, the propagation of pulse trains composed of combined solitary waves is investigated.     

New Exact Jacobi Elliptic Function Solutions of Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Helmholtz Equation in a Nonlinear Kerr-Type Medium

In this letter the three-dimensional nonlinear Helmholtz equation is investigated, which describes electro-magnetic wave propagation in a nonlinear Kerr-type medium such that sixteen families of new Jacobi elliptic functionsolutions are obtained, by using our extended Jacobian elliptic function expansion method. When the modulus m → 1or0, the corresponding solitary waves including bright solitons, dark solitons and new line solitons and singly periodicsolutions can be also found.     

若干非线性波方程的行波解

在求一类非线性波方程行波解时,先将有关的非线性常微分方程在其Poincaré相平面上作定性分析,然后再区别情况求积分,从而得到了各式各样的行波解。 关键词：     

New Exact Jacobi Elliptic Function Solutions of Three—Dimensional Nonlinear Helmholtz Equation in a Nonlinear Kerr—Type Medium

In this letter the three-dimensional nonlinear Helmholtz equation is investigated.which describes electromagnetic wave propagation in a nonlinear Kerr-type medium such that sixteen families of new Jacobi elliptic function solutions are obtained,by using our extended Jacobian elliptic function expansion method.When the modulus m-→1 or 0,the corresponding solitary waves including bright solitons,dark solitons and new line solitons and singly periodic solutions can be also found.     

Temporal solitary waves due to optical rectification and the electro-optic effect

Temporal solitary waves that are due to the mutual interaction of optical rectification and the electro-optic effect in the presence of a second-order nonlinearity are studied. It is found that a two-parameter family of solitons exists. Analytical solutions are found for special cases. Numerical soliton solutions of the system of equations include single- and multiple-hump solitary waves.     

Electrostatic Solitary Waves in Pair-ion Plasmas with Trapped Electrons

Electrostatic solitons in an unmagnetized pair-ion plasma comprising adiabatic fluid positive and negative ions and non-isothermal electrons are investigated using both arbitrary and small amplitude techniques. An energy integral equation involving the Sagdeev potential is derived, and the basic properties of large amplitude solitary structures are investigated. Various features of solitons differ in different existence domains. The effects of ion adiabaticity, particle concentration, and resonant electrons on the profiles of Sagdeev potential and corresponding solitary waves are investigated. The generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation with mixed-nonlinearity is derived by expanding the Sagdeev potential. Asymptotic solutions for different orders of nonlinearity are discussed for solitary waves. The present work is applicable to understanding the wave phenomena and associated nonlinear electrostatic perturbations in pair/bi-ion plasmas which may occur in space and laboratory plasmas.     

Ion-acoustic solitons in an inhomogeneous multicomponent plasmawith negative ions

Ion-acoustic solitary waves are studied in an inhomogeneous multicomponent plasma by the augmentation of a K-dV equation wherein a simple form of ionization has been taken to show its interaction in changing the salient features of the soliton, as compared to those observed in a homogeneous plasma. As expected, the negative ions in the plasma bring a drastic alteration on the ion-acoustic solitons, thereby establishing a new era by showing the solitary waves to be studied by a modified K-dV equation. The emphasis has been on determining how the ionization and density gradient in the inhomogeneous plasma affect the solitons     

Dynamics of solitons in a nonintegrable version of the modified Korteweg-de Vries equation

Nonlinear wave dynamics is discussed using the extended modified Korteweg-de Vries equation that includes the combination of the third- and fifth-order terms and is valid for waves in a three-layer fluid with so-called symmetric stratification. The derived equation has solutions in the form of solitary waves of various polarities. At small amplitudes, they are close to solitons of the modified Korteweg-de Vries equation. However, the height of large-amplitude solutions has a limit approaching which solitary waves widen and acquire a table like shape similar to soluitons of the Gardner equation. Numerical calculations confirm that the collision of solitons of the derived equation is inelastic. Inelasticity is the most pronounced in the interaction of unipolar pulses. The direction of the shift of the phase of the higher-amplitude soliton owing to the interaction of solitons of different polarities depends on the amplitudes of the pulses.     

Head-on collision of ion-acoustic solitary waves in an unmagnetized electron-positron-ion plasma

The head-on collision between two ion-acoustic solitary waves in an unmagnetized electron-positron-ion plasma has been investigated. By using the extended Poincaré-Lighthill-Kuo perturbation method, we obtain the KdV equation and the analytical phase shift after the head-on collision of two solitary waves in this three-component plasma. The effects of the ratio of electron temperature to positron temperature, and the ratio of the number density of positrons to that of electrons on the phase shift are studied. It is found that these parameters can significantly influence the phase shifts of the solitons. Moreover, the compressive solitary wave can propagate in this system.