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Radiation-like Shock Waves in Kink Scattering

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-07-22 v1 Pattern Formation and Solitons

Abstract

We study the radiation in kink collision via a model that varies between ϕ6\phi^6 theory and ϕ2\phi^2 theory with some discontinuities. Both numerical and analytical methods were used to investigate The kink-antikink(KAK) and antikink-kink(AKK) collision. In the numerical analysis, we found the critical velocities in both collisions increased with nn. We also found a finite lifetime oscillon window in KAK collision for n=2n=2. In the analytical part, we found a family of shock wave solutions that describes radiation in the kink collision perfectly. Moreover, an analytical AKK solution at nn\rightarrow\infty and v=1v=1 was found by considering a certain limit of these solutions.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2407.14479,
  title  = {Radiation-like Shock Waves in Kink Scattering},
  author = {Xiang Li and Lingxiao Long},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.14479},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

27 pages, 68 figures

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