An instability criterion for nonlinear standing waves on nonzero backgrounds

DOI10.1007/S00332-014-9215-8zbMATH Open1310.35217arXiv1204.2345OpenAlexW2963849596MaRDI QIDQ484451FDOQ484451

Sumit K. Garg, Yong-Cai Geng

Publication date: 7 January 2015

Published in: Journal of Nonlinear Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A nonlinear Schr"odinger equation with repulsive (defocusing) nonlinearity is considered. As an example, a system with a spatially varying coefficient of the nonlinear term is studied. The nonlinearity is chosen to be repelling except on a finite interval. Localized standing wave solutions on a non-zero background, e.g., dark solitons trapped by the inhomogeneity, are identified and studied. A novel instability criterion for such states is established through a topological argument. This allows instability to be determined quickly in many cases by considering simple geometric properties of the standing waves as viewed in the composite phase plane. Numerical calculations accompany the analytical results.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1204.2345

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zbMATH Keywords

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Soliton solutions (35C08) Soliton theory, asymptotic behavior of solutions of infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems (37K40) Time-dependent Schrödinger equations and Dirac equations (35Q41) NLS equations (nonlinear Schrödinger equations) (35Q55)

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