Do nonlinear waves in random media follow nonlinear diffusion equations?
Chaotic Dynamics
2015-06-05 v1 Other Condensed Matter
Abstract
Probably yes, since we find a striking similarity in the spatio-temporal evolution of nonlinear diffusion equations and wave packet spreading in generic nonlinear disordered lattices, including self-similarity and scaling.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1206.6085,
title = {Do nonlinear waves in random media follow nonlinear diffusion equations?},
author = {T. V. Laptyeva and J. D. Bodyfelt and S. Flach},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.6085},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
6 pages, 4 figures