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Numerical computation of soliton dynamics for NLS equations in a driving potential

Numerical Analysis 2009-08-26 v2

Abstract

We provide some numerical computations for the soliton dynamics of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with an external potential. After computing the ground state solution rr of a related elliptic equation we show that, in the semi-classical regime, the center of mass of the solution with initial datum modelled on rr is driven by the solution of a Newtonian type law. Finally, we provide some examples and analyze the numerical errors in the two dimensional case when VV is an harmonic potential.

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@article{arxiv.0908.3648,
  title  = {Numerical computation of soliton dynamics for NLS equations in a driving potential},
  author = {Marco Caliari and Marco Squassina},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0908.3648},
  year   = {2009}
}

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13 pages, 4 figures