Fast Soliton Scattering by Attractive Delta Impurities

We study the Gross–Pitaevskii equation with an attractive delta function potential and show that in the high velocity limit an incident soliton is split into reflected and transmitted soliton components plus a small amount of dispersion. We give explicit analytic formulas for the reflected and transmitted portions, while the remainder takes the form of an error. Although the existence of a bound state for this potential introduces difficulties not present in the case of a repulsive potential, we show that the proportion of the soliton which is trapped at the origin vanishes in the limit.     

Relaxation of solitons in nonlinear Schrödinger equations with potential

In this paper we study dynamics of solitons in the generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLS) with an external potential in all dimensions except for 2. For a certain class of nonlinearities such an equation has solutions which are periodic in time and exponentially decaying in space, centered near different critical points of the potential. We call those solutions which are centered near the minima of the potential and which minimize energy restricted to L²-unit sphere, trapped solitons or just solitons. In this paper we prove, under certain conditions on the potentials and initial conditions, that trapped solitons are asymptotically stable. Moreover, if an initial condition is close to a trapped soliton then the solution looks like a moving soliton relaxing to its equilibrium position. The dynamical law of motion of the soliton (i.e. effective equations of motion for the soliton's center and momentum) is close to Newton's equation but with a dissipative term due to radiation of the energy to infinity.     

On the Potential Function of Gradient Steady Ricci Solitons

In this paper, we study the potential function of gradient steady Ricci solitons. We prove that the infimum of the potential function decays linearly. As a consequence, we show that a gradient steady Ricci soliton with bounded potential function must be trivial, and that no gradient steady Ricci soliton admits uniformly positive scalar curvature.     

Effective Dynamics for N-Solitons of the Gross–Pitaevskii Equation

We consider several solitons moving in a slowly varying external field. We present results of numerical computations which indicate that the effective dynamics obtained by restricting the full Hamiltonian to the finite-dimensional manifold of N-solitons (constructed when no external field is present) provides a remarkably good approximation to the actual soliton dynamics. This is quantified as an error of size h ² where h is the parameter describing the slowly varying nature of the potential. This also indicates that previous mathematical results of Holmer and Zworski (Int. Math. Res. Not. 2008: Art. ID runn026, 2008) for one soliton are optimal. For potentials with unstable equilibria, the Ehrenfest time, log(1/h)/h, appears to be the natural limiting time for these effective dynamics. We also show that the results of Holmer et?al. (arXiv:0912.5122, 2009) for two mKdV solitons apply numerically to a larger number of interacting solitons. We illustrate the results by applying the method with the external potentials used in the Bose?CEinstein soliton train experiments of Strecker et?al. (Nature 417:150?C153, 2002).     

Chiral solitons in a quantum potential

We study chiral solitons in a quantum potential using a dimensional reduction of the problem for (2+1)-dimensional anyons. We show that the integrable version of the model is described by a family of the resonant derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equations. For a quantum potential strength s > 1, we show that the chiral soliton interaction has a resonance. We investigate the semiclassical quantization procedure for solitons.     

Dark solitons in external potentials

We consider the persistence and stability of dark solitons in the Gross–Pitaevskii (GP) equation with a small decaying potential. We show that families of black solitons with zero speed originate from extremal points of an appropriately defined effective potential and persist for sufficiently small strength of the potential. We prove that families at the maximum points are generally unstable with exactly one real positive eigenvalue, while families at the minimum points are generally unstable with exactly two complex-conjugated eigenvalues with positive real part. This mechanism of destabilization of the black soliton is confirmed in numerical approximations of eigenvalues of the linearized GP equation and full numerical simulations of the nonlinear GP equation. We illustrate the monotonic instability associated with the real eigenvalues and the oscillatory instability associated with the complex eigenvalues and compare the numerical results of evolution of a dark soliton with the predictions of Newton’s particle law for its position.      

Dark solitons in external potentials

We consider the persistence and stability of dark solitons in the Gross–Pitaevskii (GP) equation with a small decaying potential. We show that families of black solitons with zero speed originate from extremal points of an appropriately defined effective potential and persist for sufficiently small strength of the potential. We prove that families at the maximum points are generally unstable with exactly one real positive eigenvalue, while families at the minimum points are generally unstable with exactly two complex-conjugated eigenvalues with positive real part. This mechanism of destabilization of the black soliton is confirmed in numerical approximations of eigenvalues of the linearized GP equation and full numerical simulations of the nonlinear GP equation. We illustrate the monotonic instability associated with the real eigenvalues and the oscillatory instability associated with the complex eigenvalues and compare the numerical results of evolution of a dark soliton with the predictions of Newton’s particle law for its position.     

Soliton Solutions for a Generalized Inhomogeneous Variable-Coefficient Hirota Equation with Symbolic Computation

Under investigation in this paper is a generalized inhomogeneous variable- coefficient Hirota equation. Through the Hirota bilinear method and symbolic computation, the bilinear form and analytic one-, two- and N-soliton solutions for such an equation are obtained, respectively. Properties of those solitons in the inhomogeneous media are discussed analytically. We get the soliton with the property that the larger the amplitude is, the narrower and slower the pulse is. Dynamics of that soliton can be regarded as a repulsion of the soliton by the external potential barrier. During the interaction of two solitons, we observe that the larger the value of the coefficient β in the equation is, the larger the distance of the two solitons is.     

Expanding solitons to the Hermitian curvature flow on complex Lie groups

We investigate the algebraic structure of complex Lie groups equipped with left-invariant metrics which are expanding semi-algebraic solitons to the Hermitian curvature flow (HCF). We show that the Lie algebras of such Lie groups decompose in the semidirect product of a reductive Lie subalgebra with their nilradicals. Furthermore, we give a structural result concerning expanding semi-algebraic solitons on complex Lie groups. It turns out that the restriction of the soliton metric to the nilradical is also an expanding algebraic soliton and we explain how to construct expanding solitons on complex Lie groups starting from expanding solitons on their nilradicals.     

Multiscale expansions avector solitons of a two-dimensional nonlocal nonlinear Schrödinger system

One- and two-dimensional solitons of a multicomponent nonlocal nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) system are constructed. The model finds applications in nonlinear optics, where it may describe the interaction of optical beams of different frequencies. We asymptotically reduce the model, via multiscale analysis, to completely integrable ones in both Cartesian and cylindrical geometries; we thus derive a Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation and its cylindrical counterpart, Johnson's equation. This way, we derive approximate soliton solutions of the nonlocal NLS system, which have the form of: (a) dark or antidark soliton stripes and (b) dark lumps in the Cartesian geometry, as well as (c) ring dark or antidark solitons in the cylindrical geometry. The type of the soliton, namely dark or antidark, is determined by the degree of nonlocality: dark (antidark) soliton states are formed for weaker (stronger) nonlocality. We perform numerical simulations and show that the derived soliton solutions do exist and propagate undistorted in the original nonlocal NLS system.     

How to excite the internal modes of sine-Gordon solitons

We investigate the dynamics of the sine-Gordon solitons perturbed by spatiotemporal external forces. We prove the existence of internal (shape) modes of sine-Gordon solitons when they are in the presence of inhomogeneous space-dependent external forces, provided some conditions (for these forces) hold. Additional periodic time-dependent forces can sustain oscillations of the soliton width. We show that, in some cases, the internal mode even can become unstable, causing the soliton to decay in an antisoliton and two solitons. In general, in the presence of spatiotemporal forces the soliton behaves as a deformable (non-rigid) object. A soliton moving in an array of inhomogeneities can also present sustained oscillations of its width. There are very important phenomena (like the soliton–antisoliton collisions) where the existence of internal modes plays a crucial role. We show that, under some conditions, the dynamics of the soliton shape modes can be chaotic. A short report of some of our results has been published in [Phys. Rev. E 65 (2002) 065601(R)].     

Positive Hermitian curvature flow on nilpotent and almost-abelian complex Lie groups

We study the positive Hermitian curvature flow on the space of left-invariant metrics on complex Lie groups. We show that in the nilpotent case, the flow exists for all positive times and subconverges in the Cheeger–Gromov sense to a soliton. We also show convergence to a soliton when the complex Lie group is almost abelian. That is, when its Lie algebra admits a (complex) co-dimension one abelian ideal. Finally, we study solitons in the almost-abelian setting. We prove uniqueness and completely classify all left-invariant, almost-abelian solitons, giving a method to construct examples in arbitrary dimensions, many of which admit co-compact lattices.

     

Two-dimensional solitons in irregular lattice systems

We compute and study localized nonlinear modes (solitons) in the semi-infinite gap of the focusing two-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation with various irregular lattice-type potentials. The potentials are characterized by large variations from periodicity, such as vacancy defects, edge dislocations, and a quasicrystal structure. We use a spectral fixed-point computational scheme to obtain the solitons. The eigenvalue dependence of the soliton power indicates parameter regions of self-focusing instability; we compare these results with direct numerical simulations of the NLS equation. We show that in the general case, solitons on local lattice maximums collapse. Furthermore, we show that the Nth-order quasicrystal solitons approach Bessel solitons in the large-N limit.     

Dark solitonic excitations and collisions from a fourth-order dispersive nonlinear Schrödinger model for the alpha helical protein

Recent protein observations motivate the dark-soliton study to explain the energy transfer in the proteins. In this paper we will investigate a fourth-order dispersive nonlinear Schrödinger equation, which governs the Davydov solitons in the alpha helical protein with higher-order effects. Painlevé analysis is performed to prove the equation is integrable. Through the introduction of an auxiliary function, bilinear forms and dark N-soliton solutions are constructed with the Hirota method and symbolic computation. Asymptotic analysis on the two-soliton solutions indicates that the soliton collisions are elastic. Decrease of the coefficient of higher-order effects can increase the soliton velocities. Graphical analysis on the two-soliton solutions indicates that the head-on collision between the two solitons, overtaking collision between the two solitons and collision between a moving soliton and a stationary one are all elastic. Collisions among the three solitons are all pairwise elastic.     

Dynamics of Embedded Solitons in the Extended Korteweg–de Vries Equations

Embedded solitons are solitary waves residing inside the continuous spectrum of a wave system. They have been discovered in a wide array of physical situations recently. In this article, we present the first comprehensive theory on the dynamics of embedded solitons and nonlocal solitary waves in the framework of the perturbed fifth-order Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) hierarchy equation. Our method is based on the development of a soliton perturbation theory. By obtaining the analytical formula for the tail amplitudes of nonlocal solitary waves, we demonstrate the existence of single-hump embedded solitons for both Hamiltonian and non-Hamiltonian perturbations. These embedded solitons can be isolated (existing at a unique wave speed) or continuous (existing at all wave speeds). Under small wave speed limit, our results show that the tail amplitudes of nonlocal waves are exponentially small, and the product of the amplitude and cosine of the phase is a constant to leading order. This qualitatively reproduces the previous results on the fifth-order KdV equation obtained by exponential asymptotics techniques. We further study the dynamics of embedded solitons and prove that, under Hamiltonian perturbations, a localized wave initially moving faster than the embedded soliton will asymptotically approach this embedded soliton, whereas a localized wave moving slower than the embedded soliton will decay into radiation. Thus, the embedded soliton is semistable. Under non-Hamiltonian perturbations, stable embedded solitons are found for the first time.     

The KdV soliton crosses a dissipative and dispersive border

We demonstrate the behavior of the soliton which, while moving in non-dissipative and dispersion-constant medium encounters a finite-width barrier with varying dissipation and/or dispersion; beyond the layer dispersion is constant (but not necessarily of the same value) and dissipation is null. The transmitted wave either retains the form of a soliton (though of different parameters) or scatters a into a number of them. And a reflection wave may be negligible or absent. This models a situation similar to a light passing from a humid air to a dry one through the vapor saturation/condensation area. Some rough estimations for a prediction of an output are given using the relative decay (or accumulation) of the KdV conserved quantities in a dissipative area; in particular for a restriction for a number of solitons in the transmitted signal.     

Bistable Solitons in Single- and Multichannel Waveguides with the Cubic-Quintic Nonlinearity

We consider spatial solitons in a channel waveguide or in a periodic array of rectangular potential wells (the Kronig-Penney (KP) model) in the presence of the uniform cubic-quintic (CQ) nonlinearity. Using the variational approximation and numerical methods, we. nd two branches of fundamental (single-humped) soliton solutions. The soliton characteristics, in the form of the integral power Q (or width w) vs. the propagation constant k, reveal a strong bistability with two different solutions found for a given k. Violating the known Vakhitov-Kolokolov criterion, the solution branches with dQ/dk > 0 and dQ/dk < 0 are simultaneously stable. Various families of higher-order solitons are also found in the KP version of the model: symmetric and antisymmetric double-humped solitons, three-peak solitons with and without the phase shift π between the peaks, etc. In a relatively shallow KP lattice, all the solitons belong to the semi-infinite gap beneath the linear band structure of the KP potential, while finite gaps between the bands remain empty (solitons in the finite gaps can be found if the lattice is much deeper). But in contrast to the situation known for the model combining a periodic potential and the self-focusing Kerr nonlinearity, the fundamental solitons fill only a finite zone near the top of the semi-infinite gap, which is a manifestation of the saturable character of the CQ nonlinearity. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 144, No. 2, pp. 324–335, August, 2005. An erratum to this article is available at .     

The variational approximation for 2‐dimension solitons at cubic‐quintic nonlinearity in quasiperiodic potentials

We apply the variational approximation to study the dynamics of solitary waves of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with compensative cubic‐quintic nonlinearity for asymmetric 2‐dimension setup. Such an approach allows to study the behavior of the solitons trapped in quasisymmetric potentials without an axial symmetry. Our analytical consideration allows finding the soliton profiles that are stable in a quasisymmetric geometry. We show that small perturbations of such states lead to generation of the oscillatory‐bounded solutions having 2 independent eigenfrequencies relating to the quintic nonlinear parameter. The behavior of solutions with large amplitudes is studied numerically. The resonant case when the frequency of the time variations (time managed) potential is near of the eigenfrequencies is studied too. In a resonant situation, the solitons acquire a weak time decay.