Ground waves in atomic chains with bi-monomial double-well potential

DOI10.1016/J.NA.2012.07.013MaRDI QIDQ715676zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michael Herrmann

Publication date 31 October 2012

Published in Nonlinear Analysis. Theory, Methods \& Applications. Series A: Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.6595

zbMATH Keywords

Nehari manifolddouble-well potentialFPU chainground waves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Soliton theory, asymptotic behavior of solutions of infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems (37K40) Variational methods involving nonlinear operators (47J30) Lattice dynamics; integrable lattice equations (37K60) Nonlinear waves in solid mechanics (74J30)

Abstract: Ground waves in atomic chains are traveling waves that corresponds to minimal non-trivial critical values of the underlying action functional. In this paper we study FPU-type chains with bi-monomial double-well potential and prove the existence of both periodic and solitary ground waves. To this end we minimize the action on the Nehari manifold and show that periodic ground waves converge to solitary ones. Finally, we compute ground waves numerically by a suitable discretization of a constrained gradient flow.

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