Solitary waves in a diatomic lattice: Analytic approximations for a wide range of speeds by quasi-continuum methods

DOI10.1016/S0375-9601(01)00277-8zbMath1017.74038WikidataQ127097242 ScholiaQ127097242MaRDI QIDQ5936616

Jonathan A. D. Wattis

Publication date: 2 July 2001

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

solitary wavesdiatomic latticequasi-continuum method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Solitary waves in solid mechanics (74J35)

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Cites Work

• Stationary breather modes of generalized nonlinear Klein-Gordon lattices
• Approximations to solitary waves on lattices, III: the monatomic lattice with second-neighbour interactions
• Model equations for long waves in nonlinear dispersive systems

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