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A generating mechanism for higher order rogue waves

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems 2015-06-11 v5 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We introduce a mechanism for generating higher order rogue waves (HRWs) of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger(NLS) equation: the progressive fusion and fission of nn degenerate breathers associated with a critical eigenvalue λ0\lambda_0, creates an order nn HRW. By adjusting the relative phase of the breathers at the interacting area, it is possible to obtain different types of HRWs. The value λ0\lambda_0 is a zero point of the eigenfunction of the Lax pair of the NLS equation and it corresponds to the limit of the period of the breather tending to infinity. By employing this mechanism we prove two conjectures regarding the total number of peaks, as well as a decomposition rule in the circular pattern of an order nn HRW.

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@article{arxiv.1209.3742,
  title  = {A generating mechanism for higher order rogue waves},
  author = {J. S. He and H. R. Zhang and L. H. Wang and K. Porsezian and A. S. Fokas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1209.3742},
  year   = {2015}
}

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12 pages, 13 figures, To appear in Phys.Rev.E

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