Do nonlinear waves in random media follow nonlinear diffusion equations?

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSD.2013.04.005MaRDI QIDQ2442581zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors T. V. Lapteva, J. D. Bodyfelt, S. Flach

Publication date 4 April 2014

Published in Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1206.6085

zbMATH Keywords

chaosnonlinear diffusion equationnonlinear disordered latticesnonlinear dynamicssubdiffusionwave localizationwave packetwave propagation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear parabolic equations (35K55) NLS equations (nonlinear Schrödinger equations) (35Q55) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Disordered systems (random Ising models, random Schrödinger operators, etc.) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B44)

Abstract: Probably yes, since we find a striking similarity in the spatio-temporal evolution of nonlinear diffusion equations and wave packet spreading in generic nonlinear disordered lattices, including self-similarity and scaling.

Review text

The authors scrutinized the suggested connection between the temporal evolution of self-similar solutions of the NDE and MNDE on one side, and the asymptotic dynamics of the energy/norm distribution within nonlinear disordered media on the other, and found a remarkable correspondence. They discuss, analyze and compare nonlinear diffusion equations with compact or exponentially decaying interactions, and generalized dependences of the diffusion coefficient on the density. their results strongly support applicability to wave packet spreading in disordered nonlinear lattices.

Recommendations

• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 751003
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2128025
• Energy spreading in strongly nonlinear disordered lattices
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1163738
• Localization of nonlinear dispersive waves in weakly random media

Cites work

• Discrete nonlinear dynamics of weakly coupled Bose–Einstein condensates
• Discrete nonlinear Schrödinger approximation of a mixed Klein-Gordon/Fermi-Pasta-Ulam chain: modulational instability and a statistical condition for creation of thermodynamic breathers
• High-order symplectic integrators for perturbed Hamiltonian systems
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1063691 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1982090 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2107522 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3078316 (Why is no real title available?)
• Nonlinear partial differential equations in engineering
• Self-similar gravity currents in porous media: Linear stability of the Barenblatt--Pattle solution revisited
• Self‐similar Asymptotics for Linear and Nonlinear Diffusion Equations
• The nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a random potential: results and puzzles
• The porous medium equation. Mathematical theory

Cited in

(6)

• Quantum continuous time random walk in nonlinear Schrödinger equation with disorder
• Nonlinear lattice waves in random potentials
• KAM tori and absence of diffusion of a wave-packet in the 1D random DNLS model
• Energy spreading in strongly nonlinear disordered lattices
• Anderson localization in a disordered chain with a finite nonlinear response time
• Diffusion without spreading of a wave packet in nonlinear random models

This page was built for publication: Do nonlinear waves in random media follow nonlinear diffusion equations?

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2442581)