Interaction properties of complex modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV) solitons

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSD.2011.06.003zbMATH Open1228.35194arXiv1102.3620OpenAlexW1570007798MaRDI QIDQ720703FDOQ720703

Stephen C. Anco, Nestor Tchegoum Ngatat, Mark Willoughby

Publication date: 11 October 2011

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Interaction properties of complex solitons are studied for the two U(1)-invariant integrable generalizations of the mKdV equation, given by the Hirota equation and the Sasa-Satsuma equation, which share the same travelling wave (single-soliton) solution having a {em sech} profile characterized by a constant speed and a constant phase angle. For both equations, nonlinear interactions where a fast soliton collides with a slow soliton are shown to be described by 2-soliton solutions that can have three different types of interaction profiles depending on the speed ratio and the relative phase angle of the individual solitons. In all cases the shapes and speeds of the solitons are found to be preserved apart from a shift in position such that their center of momentum moves at a constant speed. Moreover, for the Hirota equation, the phase angles of the fast and slow solitons are found to remain unchanged, while for the Sasa-Satsuma equation, the phase angles are shown to undergo a shift such that the relative phase between the fast and slow solitons changes sign.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.3620

zbMATH Keywords

solitary wavesolitonmKdVphase shiftinteraction profileposition shift

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Soliton solutions (35C08) Traveling wave solutions (35C07) KdV equations (Korteweg-de Vries equations) (35Q53) Completely integrable infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, integration methods, integrability tests, integrable hierarchies (KdV, KP, Toda, etc.) (37K10)

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