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Fast soliton scattering by delta impurities

Analysis of PDEs 2009-11-11 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We study the Gross-Pitaevskii equation (nonlinear Schroedinger equation) with a repulsive delta function potential. We show that a high velocity incoming soliton is split into a transmitted component and a reflected component. The transmitted mass (L^2 norm squared) is shown to be in good agreement with the quantum transmission rate of the delta function potential. We further show that the transmitted and reflected components resolve into solitons plus dispersive radiation, and quantify the mass and phase of these solitons.

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@article{arxiv.math/0602187,
  title  = {Fast soliton scattering by delta impurities},
  author = {Justin Holmer and Jeremy Marzuola and Maciej Zworski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0602187},
  year   = {2009}
}

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32 pages, 3 figures

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