Discreteness effects on soliton dynamics: a simple experiment
Pattern Formation and Solitons
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
We present a simple laboratory experiment to illustrate some aspects of the soliton theory in discrete lattices with a system that models the dynamics of dislocations in a crystal or the properties of adsorbed atomic layers. The apparatus not only shows the role of the Peierls-Nabarro potential but also illustrates the hierarchy of depinning transitions and the importance of the collective motion in mass transport.
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@article{arxiv.nlin/0002001,
title = {Discreteness effects on soliton dynamics: a simple experiment},
author = {Claude Laroche and Thierry Dauxois and Michel Peyrard},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0002001},
year = {2009}
}
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9 pages, 4 Figures, to Appear in American Journal of Physics