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The fundamental solution describing non-stationary elastic wave scattering on an isotopic defect in a one-dimensional harmonic chain is obtained in an asymptotic form. The chain is subjected to unit impulse point loading applied to a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-12-17 Serge N. Gavrilov , Ekaterina V. Shishkina

We prove nonexistence of breathers (spatially localized and time-periodic oscillations) for a class of Fermi-Pasta-Ulam lattices representing an uncompressed chain of beads interacting via Hertz's contact forces. We then consider the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2011-11-10 Guillaume James , Panayotis Kevrekidis , Jesus Cuevas

We present a theoretical study of linear wave scattering in one-dimensional nonlinear lattices by intrinsic spatially localized dynamic excitations or discrete breathers. These states appear in various nonlinear systems and present a…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Flach , A. E. Miroshnichenko , M. V. Fistul

We investigate transient nonlinear localization, namely the self-excitation of energy bursts in an atomic lattice at finite temperature. As a basic model we consider the diatomic Lennard-Jones chain. Numerical simulations suggest that the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-06-15 Stefano Lepri , Francesco Piazza

This work investigates the effect of nonlinearities on topologically protected edge states in one and two-dimensional phononic lattices. We first show that localized modes arise at the interface between two spring-mass chains that are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-03-28 Raj Kumar Pal , Javier Vila , Michael Leamy , Massimo Ruzzene

We study the localization properties of non-interacting waves propagating in a speckle-like potential superposed on a one-dimensional lattice. Using a decimation/renormalization procedure, we estimate the localization length for a…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-05-30 Serpil Sucu , Saban Aktas , S. Erol Okan , Zehra Akdeniz , Patrizia Vignolo

We consider the interaction of a nonlinear Schrodinger soliton with a localized (point) defect in the medium through which it travels. Using numerical simulations, we find parameter regimes under which the soliton may be reflected,…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2007-05-23 R. H. Goodman , P. J. Holmes , M. I. Weinstein

We study the structure, stability, and dynamics of dark solitary waves in parabolically trapped, collisionally inhomogeneous Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) with spatially periodic variations of the scattering length. This collisional…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2013-03-04 Chang Wang , Kody J. H. Law , Panayotis. G. Kevrekidis , Mason A. Porter

We consider the problem of the existence of a dynamical barrier of ``mass'' that needs to be excited on a lattice site to lead to the formation and subsequent persistence of localized modes for a nonlinear Schrodinger lattice. We contrast…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-13 P. G. Kevrekidis , J. A. Espinola-Rocha , Y. Drossinos , A. Stefanov

Laboratory experiments are conducted to examine granular wave patterns near onset as a function of the container oscillation frequency f and amplitude A, layer depth H, and grain diameter D. The primary transition from a flat grain layer to…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-10-31 Paul B. Umbanhowar , Harry L. Swinney

We introduce a new wave phenomenon, which can be observed in continuum and discrete systems, where a trapped mode exists under certain conditions, namely, the anti-localization of non-stationary linear waves. This is zeroing of the…

Classical Physics · Physics 2025-12-17 Ekaterina V. Shishkina , Serge N. Gavrilov , Yulia A. Mochalova

Neuromorphic networks can be described in terms of coarse-grained variables, where emergent sustained behaviours spontaneously arise if stochasticity is properly taken in account. For example it has been recently found that a directed…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2020-01-23 Ilenia Apicella , Daniel Maria Busiello , Silvia Scarpetta , Samir Suweis

In this work we revisit the existence, stability and dynamics of unstable traveling solitary waves in the context of lattice dynamical systems. We consider a nonlinear lattice of an $\alpha$-Fermi-Pasta-Ulam type with the additional feature…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-03-16 H. Duran , H. Xu , P. G. Kevrekidis , A. Vainchtein

Interaction of linearized gravitational waves with a otherwise free particle has been studied quantum mechanically in a noncommutative phase-space to examine whether the particle's response to the gravitational wave gets modified due to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-01-28 Sunandan Gangopadhyay , Anirban Saha , Swarup Saha

In the present work, we consider the mass in mass (or mass with mass) system of granular chains, namely a granular chain involving additionally an internal resonator. For these chains, we rigorously establish that under suitable…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2016-06-29 Panayotis G. Kevrekidis , Atanas G. Stefanov , Haitao Xu

We study numerically the effects of short- and long-range correlations on the localization properties of the eigenstates in a one-dimensional disordered lattice characterized by a random non-Hermitian Hamiltonian, where the imaginary part…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2020-06-05 Ba Phi Nguyen , Thi Kim Thoa Lieu , Kihong Kim

We probe the limits of nonlinear wave spreading in disordered chains which are known to localize linear waves. We particularly extend recent studies on the regimes of strong and weak chaos during subdiffusive spreading of wave packets [EPL…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2011-07-18 J. D. Bodyfelt , T. V. Laptyeva , Ch. Skokos , D. O. Krimer , S. Flach

We study statically homogeneous Bose-Einstein condensates with spatially inhomogeneous interactions and outline an experimental realization of compensating linear and nonlinear potentials that can yield constant-density solutions. We…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2013-09-26 Scott Holmes , Mason A. Porter , Peter Krüger , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis

We investigate linear interference effects between a nonlinear plane wave and bright solitons, which are admitted by pair-transition coupled two-component Bose-Einstein condensate. We demonstrate the interference effects can induce several…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2018-02-07 Y. H. Qin , L. C. Zhao , Z. Y. Yang , W. L. Yang

According to the acoustic fluidization hypothesis, elastic waves at a characteristic frequency form inside seismic faults even in the absence of an external perturbation. These waves are able to generate a normal stress which contrasts the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-02-14 F. Giacco , L. de Arcangelis , M. Pica Ciamarra , E. Lippiello