55 research outputs found
On the tau-functions of the Degasperis-Procesi equation
The DP equation is investigated from the point of view of
determinant-pfaffian identities. The reciprocal link between the
Degasperis-Procesi (DP) equation and the pseudo 3-reduction of the
two-dimensional Toda system is used to construct the N-soliton solution of the
DP equation. The N-soliton solution of the DP equation is presented in the form
of pfaffian through a hodograph (reciprocal) transformation. The bilinear
equations, the identities between determinants and pfaffians, and the
-functions of the DP equation are obtained from the pseudo 3-reduction of
the two-dimensional Toda system.Comment: 27 pages, 4 figures, Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and
Theoretical, to be publishe
Initial-boundary value problems for discrete evolution equations: discrete linear Schrodinger and integrable discrete nonlinear Schrodinger equations
We present a method to solve initial-boundary value problems for linear and
integrable nonlinear differential-difference evolution equations. The method is
the discrete version of the one developed by A. S. Fokas to solve
initial-boundary value problems for linear and integrable nonlinear partial
differential equations via an extension of the inverse scattering transform.
The method takes advantage of the Lax pair formulation for both linear and
nonlinear equations, and is based on the simultaneous spectral analysis of both
parts of the Lax pair. A key role is also played by the global algebraic
relation that couples all known and unknown boundary values. Even though
additional technical complications arise in discrete problems compared to
continuum ones, we show that a similar approach can also solve initial-boundary
value problems for linear and integrable nonlinear differential-difference
equations. We demonstrate the method by solving initial-boundary value problems
for the discrete analogue of both the linear and the nonlinear Schrodinger
equations, comparing the solution to those of the corresponding continuum
problems. In the linear case we also explicitly discuss Robin-type boundary
conditions not solvable by Fourier series. In the nonlinear case we also
identify the linearizable boundary conditions, we discuss the elimination of
the unknown boundary datum, we obtain explicitly the linear and continuum limit
of the solution, and we write down the soliton solutions.Comment: 41 pages, 3 figures, to appear in Inverse Problem
Search for Millicharged Particles at SLAC
Particles with electric charge q < 10^(-3)e and masses in the range 1--100
MeV/c^2 are not excluded by present experiments. An experiment uniquely suited
to the production and detection of such "millicharged" particles has been
carried out at SLAC. This experiment is sensitive to the infrequent excitation
and ionization of matter expected from the passage of such a particle. Analysis
of the data rules out a region of mass and charge, establishing, for example, a
95%-confidence upper limit on electric charge of 4.1X10^(-5)e for millicharged
particles of mass 1 MeV/c^2 and 5.8X10^(-4)e for mass 100 MeV/c^2.Comment: 4 pages, REVTeX, multicol, 3 figures. Minor typo corrected. Submitted
to Physical Review Letter
Discrete Integrable Systems and Hodograph Transformations Arising from Motions of Discrete Plane Curves
We consider integrable discretizations of some soliton equations associated
with the motions of plane curves: the Wadati-Konno-Ichikawa elastic beam
equation, the complex Dym equation, and the short pulse equation. They are
related to the modified KdV or the sine-Gordon equations by the hodograph
transformations. Based on the observation that the hodograph transformations
are regarded as the Euler-Lagrange transformations of the curve motions, we
construct the discrete analogues of the hodograph transformations, which yield
integrable discretizations of those soliton equations.Comment: 19 page
Stable multicolor periodic-wave arrays
We study the existence and stability of cnoidal periodic wave arrays
propagating in uniform quadratic nonlinear media and discover that they become
completely stable above a threshold light intensity. To the best of our
knowledge, this is the first example in physics of completely stable periodic
wave patterns propagating in conservative uniform media supporting bright
solitons.Comment: 12 pages, 3 figure
Exact Soliton Solutions of the One-dimensional Complex Swift-Hohenberg Equation
Using Painlevé analysis, the Hirota multi-linear method and a direct ansatz technique, we study analytic solutions of the (1+1)-dimensional complex cubic and quintic Swift-Hohenberg equations. We consider both standard and generalized versions of these
Dissipative Solitons of the Discrete Complex Cubic-Quintic Ginzburg-Landau Equation
We study, analytically, the discrete complex cubic-quintic Ginzburg-Landau (dCCQGL) equation with a non-local quintic term. We find a set of exact solutions which includes, as particular cases, bright and dark soliton solutions, constant magnitude solutions with phase shifts, periodic solutions in terms of elliptic Jacobi functions in general forms, and various particular periodic solutions
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