Nontrivial scattering of localized solitons in a (2+1)-dimensional integrable system
solv-int
2009-10-28 v1 Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems
Abstract
One usually expects localized solitons in integrable systems to interact trivially. There is an integrable (2+1)-dimensional chiral equation which admits multi-soliton solutions with trivial dynamics. This paper describes how to generate explicit solutions representing nontrivial soliton interactions: in particular, a head-on collision of two solitons resulting in scattering.
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@article{arxiv.solv-int/9510004,
title = {Nontrivial scattering of localized solitons in a (2+1)-dimensional integrable system},
author = {R. S. Ward},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:solv-int/9510004},
year = {2009}
}
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9 pages, plainTeX, figure not included To appear in Physics Letters A