We discuss models for coupled wave equations describing interacting fields, focusing on the speed of travelling wave solutions. In particular, we propose a general mechanism for selecting and tuning the speed of the corresponding (multi-component) travelling wave solutions under certain physical conditions. A number of physical models (molecular chains, coupled Josephson junctions, propagation of kinks in chains of adsorbed atoms and domain walls) are considered as examples.

Speed selection for coupled wave equations / M. Cadoni, G. Gaeta. - In: JOURNAL OF NONLINEAR MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS. - ISSN 1402-9251. - 22:2(2015), pp. 275-297. [10.1080/14029251.2015.1033239]

Speed selection for coupled wave equations

G. Gaeta
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2015

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We discuss models for coupled wave equations describing interacting fields, focusing on the speed of travelling wave solutions. In particular, we propose a general mechanism for selecting and tuning the speed of the corresponding (multi-component) travelling wave solutions under certain physical conditions. A number of physical models (molecular chains, coupled Josephson junctions, propagation of kinks in chains of adsorbed atoms and domain walls) are considered as examples.
Coupled wave equations; solitons; 35L05; 70S10; 70H33
Settore MAT/07 - Fisica Matematica
Settore FIS/02 - Fisica Teorica, Modelli e Metodi Matematici
2015
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