Breather solutions of the discrete p-Schrödinger equation

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-02057-0_4zbMATH Open1327.35354arXiv1307.8324OpenAlexW3104335547MaRDI QIDQ2949352FDOQ2949352

Authors: Guillaume James, Yuli Starosvetsky 

Publication date: 8 October 2015

Published in: Nonlinear Systems and Complexity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the discrete p-Schr"odinger (DpS) equation, which approximates small amplitude oscillations in chains of oscillators with fully-nonlinear nearest-neighbors interactions of order alpha = p-1 >1. Using a mapping approach, we prove the existence of breather solutions of the DpS equation with even- or odd-parity reflectional symmetries. We derive in addition analytical approximations for the breather profiles and the corresponding intersecting stable and unstable manifolds, valid on a whole range of nonlinearity orders alpha. In the limit of weak nonlinearity (alpha --> 1^+), we introduce a continuum limit connecting the stationary DpS and logarithmic nonlinear Schr"odinger equations. In this limit, breathers correspond asymptotically to Gaussian homoclinic solutions. We numerically analyze the stability properties of breather solutions depending on their even- or odd-parity symmetry. A perturbation of an unstable breather generally results in a translational motion (traveling breather) when alpha is close to unity, whereas pinning becomes predominant for larger values of alpha.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1307.8324

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

NLS equations (nonlinear Schrödinger equations) (35Q55) Discrete version of topics in analysis (39A12)

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