The sine-Gordon equation in the semiclassical limit: dynamics of fluxon condensates

DOI10.1090/S0065-9266-2012-00672-1zbMATH Open1312.35147arXiv1103.0061OpenAlexW2963431616MaRDI QIDQ4979141FDOQ4979141

Authors: Robert J. Buckingham, Peter D. Miller 

Publication date: 17 June 2014

Published in: Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the Cauchy problem for the sine-Gordon equation in the semiclassical limit with pure-impulse initial data of sufficient strength to generate both high-frequency rotational motion near the peak of the impulse profile and also high-frequency librational motion in the tails. We show that for small times independent of the semiclassical scaling parameter, both types of motion are accurately described by explicit formulae involving elliptic functions. These formulae demonstrate consistency with predictions of Whitham's formal modulation theory in both the hyperbolic (modulationally stable) and elliptic (modulationally unstable) cases.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.0061

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zbMATH Keywords

Riemann-Hilbert problemssemiclassical asymptoticssine-Gordon

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs (35B40) Riemann-Hilbert problems in context of PDEs (35Q15) Soliton equations (35Q51)

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