1. Discrete embedded solitary waves and breathers in one-dimensional nonlinear lattices
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Mario I. Molina, Jesús Cuevas-Maraver, F. Palmero, Panayotis G. Kevrekidis, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Aplicada I, and Universidad de Sevilla. FQM280: Física no Lineal
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Breather ,Discrete breathers ,Continuous spectrum ,FOS: Physical sciences ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS) ,01 natural sciences ,Instability ,010305 fluids & plasmas ,symbols.namesake ,Normal mode ,0103 physical sciences ,Embedded soliton ,010306 general physics ,Nonlinear Sciences::Pattern Formation and Solitons ,Nonlinear Schrödinger equation ,Mathematical Physics ,Physics ,34C15 ,Embedded mode ,Mathematical Physics (math-ph) ,Nonlinear Sciences - Pattern Formation and Solitons ,Linear map ,Nonlinear system ,Lattice (module) ,Classical mechanics ,symbols ,Nonlinear BIC modes - Abstract
For a one-dimensional linear lattice, earlier work has shown how to systematically construct a slowly-decaying linear potential bearing a localized eigenmode embedded in the continuous spectrum. Here, we extend this idea in two directions: The first one is in the realm of the discrete nonlinear Schrodinger equation, where the linear operator of the Schrodinger type is considered in the presence of a Kerr focusing or defocusing nonlinearity and the embedded linear mode is continued into the nonlinear regime as a discrete solitary wave. The second case is the Klein-Gordon setting, where the presence of a cubic nonlinearity leads to the emergence of embedded-in-the-continuum discrete breathers. In both settings, it is seen that the stability of the modes near the linear limit turns into instability as nonlinearity is increased past a critical value, leading to a dynamical delocalization of the solitary wave (or breathing) state. Finally, we suggest a concrete experiment to observe these embedded modes using a bi-inductive electrical lattice., 9 pages, 16 figures
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- 2022