The quench map in an integrable classical field theory: nonlinear Schrödinger equation

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/49/44/445201zbMATH Open1359.35174arXiv1512.08767OpenAlexW2962843851WikidataQ59891839 ScholiaQ59891839MaRDI QIDQ2834810FDOQ2834810

Authors: V. Caudrelier, Benjamin Doyon 

Publication date: 24 November 2016

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the non-equilibrium dynamics obtained by an abrupt change (a {em quench}) in the parameters of an integrable classical field theory, the nonlinear Schr"odinger equation. We first consider explicit one-soliton examples, which we fully describe by solving the direct part of the inverse scattering problem. We then develop some aspects of the general theory using elements of the inverse scattering method. For this purpose, we introduce the {em quench map} which acts on the space of scattering data and represents the change of parameter with fixed field configuration (initial condition). We describe some of its analytic properties by implementing a higher level version of the inverse scattering method, and we discuss the applications of Darboux-B"acklund transformations, Gelfand-Levitan-Marchenko equations and the Rosales series solution to a related, dual quench problem. Finally, we comment on the interplay between quantum and classical tools around the theme of quenches and on the usefulness of the quantization of our classical approach to the quantum quench problem.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.08767

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zbMATH Keywords

Darboux transformationbreathersolitoninverse scattering transformLieb-Liniger modelZakharov-Shabat equationsquantum-field theoryRosales seriesSatsum-Yajima solutionBäcklund transformation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

NLS equations (nonlinear Schrödinger equations) (35Q55) Inverse spectral and scattering methods for infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37K15) Lie-Bäcklund and other transformations for infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37K35)

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