Isochronism and tangent bifurcation of band edge modes in Hamiltonian lattices

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSD.2005.04.006zbMATH Open1089.37050OpenAlexW2006693965MaRDI QIDQ1781602FDOQ1781602

Authors: Niranjan Chakravarthy 

Publication date: 27 June 2005

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In {em Physica D} {�f 91}, 223 (1996), results were obtained regarding the tangent bifurcation of the band edge modes ($q=0,pi$) of nonlinear Hamiltonian lattices made of $N$ coupled oscillators. Introducing the concept of {em partial isochronism} which characterises the way the frequency of a mode, $omega$, depends on its energy, $epsilon$, we generalize these results and show how the bifurcation energies of these modes are intimately connected to their degree of isochronism. In particular we prove that in a lattice of coupled purely isochronous oscillators ($omega(epsilon)$ strictly constant), the in-phase mode ($q=0$) never undergoes a tangent bifurcation whereas the out-of-phase mode ($q=pi$) does, provided the strength of the nonlinearity in the coupling is sufficient. We derive a discrete nonlinear Schr"odinger equation governing the slow modulations of small-amplitude band edge modes and show that its nonlinear exponent is proportional to the degree of isochronism of the corresponding orbits. This equation may be seen as a link between the tangent bifurcation of band edge modes and the possible emergence of localized modes such as discrete breathers.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0411031

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zbMATH Keywords

BifurcationLatticesLocalizationCoupled oscillatorsDiscrete breathers.IsochronousDiscrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local and nonlocal bifurcation theory for dynamical systems (37G99) Nonlinear oscillations and coupled oscillators for ordinary differential equations (34C15) NLS equations (nonlinear Schrödinger equations) (35Q55) Hamilton's equations (70H05) Lattice dynamics; integrable lattice equations (37K60) Dynamical systems in classical and celestial mechanics (37N05) Forced motions for nonlinear problems in mechanics (70K40)

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• Maple

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