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Solitary waves in the resonant nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation: stability and dynamical properties

Pattern Formation and Solitons 2020-03-05 v1

Abstract

The stability and dynamical properties of the so-called resonant nonlinear Schr\"odinger (RNLS) equation, are considered. The RNLS is a variant of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation with the addition of a perturbation used to describe wave propagation in cold collisionless plasmas. We first examine the modulational stability of plane waves in the RNLS model, identifying the modifications of the associated conditions from the NLS case. We then move to the study of solitary waves with vanishing and nonzero boundary conditions. Interestingly the RNLS, much like the usual NLS, exhibits both dark and bright soliton solutions depending on the relative signs of dispersion and nonlinearity. The corresponding existence, stability and dynamics of these solutions are studied systematically in this work.

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@article{arxiv.2003.01883,
  title  = {Solitary waves in the resonant nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation: stability and dynamical properties},
  author = {F. Williams and F. Tsitoura and T. P. Horikis and P. G. Kevrekidis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.01883},
  year   = {2020}
}

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10 pages, 5 figures