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We apply spatial dynamical-systems techniques to prove that certain spatiotemporal patterns in reversible reaction-diffusion equations undergo snaking bifurcations. That is, in a narrow region of parameter space, countably many branches of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-07-23 Timothy Roberts , Bjorn Sandstede

We consider fully many-body localized systems, i.e. isolated quantum systems where all the many-body eigenstates of the Hamiltonian are localized. We define a sense in which such systems are integrable, with localized conserved operators.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-11-19 David A. Huse , Rahul Nandkishore , Vadim Oganesyan

Subcritical Turing bifurcations of reaction-diffusion systems in large domains lead to spontaneous onset of well-developed localised patterns via the homoclinic snaking mechanism. This phenomenon is shown to occur naturally when balancing…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2025-06-10 Víctor Breña-Medina , Alan Champneys

We study the existence of patterns (nontrivial, stationary solutions) for one-dimensional Swift-Hohenberg Equation in a directional quenching scenario, that is, on $x\leq 0$ the energy potential associated to the equation is bistable,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-07-11 Rafael Monteiro , Natsuhiko Yoshinaga

We report on the dynamics of localized structures in an inhomogeneous Swift-Hohenberg model describing pattern formation in the transverse plane of an optical cavity. This real order parameter equation is valid close to the second order…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2017-10-20 Felix Tabbert , Christian Schelte , Mustapha Tlidi , Svetlana Gurevich

We consider a paradigmatic nonvariational scalar Swift-Hohenberg equation that describes short wavenumber or large wavelength pattern forming systems. This work unveils evidence of the transition from stable stationary to moving localized…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2018-07-04 Alejandro Alvarez-Socorro , Marcel Clerc , Mustapha Tlidi

The passive conserved Swift-Hohenberg equation (or phase-field-crystal [PFC] model) corresponds to a gradient dynamics for a single order parameter field related to density. It provides a simple microscopic description of the thermodynamic…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-11-28 Max Philipp Holl , Andrew J. Archer , Svetlana V. Gurevich , Edgar Knobloch , Lukas Ophaus , Uwe Thiele

Spatially localized structures are key components of turbulence and other spatio-temporally chaotic systems. From a dynamical systems viewpoint, it is desirable to obtain corresponding exact solutions, though their existence is not…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2014-05-21 Toshiki Teramura , Sadayoshi Toh

We introduce a discrete lossy system, into which a double hot spot (HS) is inserted, i.e., two mutually symmetric sites carrying linear gain and cubic nonlinearity. The system can be implemented as an array of optical or plasmonic…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-06-16 K. W. Chow , Edwin Ding , Boris A. Malomed , A. Y. S. Tang

Many stellar systems exhibit a finite spatial extent, yet constructing self-consistent spherical models with a prescribed outer boundary is non-trivial because sharp density cutoffs introduce discontinuities that lead to inconsistencies in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-14 Maarten Baes

Many complex systems occurring in the natural or social sciences or economics are frequently described on a microscopic level, e.g., by lattice- or agent-based models. To analyze the states of such systems and their bifurcation structure on…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2020-10-07 Clemens Willers , Uwe Thiele , Andrew J. Archer , David J. B. Lloyd , Oliver Kamps

We study the Cowling approximation by analytical means as applied to a system of linear differential equations arising from models of non-radial stellar pulsation. We consider various asymptotic cases, including those of high harmonic…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-07-22 Christopher J. Winfield

Isolated patches of spatially oscillating pattern have been found to emerge near a pattern-forming instability in a wide variety of experiments and mathematical models. However, there is currently no mathematical theory to explain this…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-08-19 Dan J. Hill , David J. B. Lloyd

A quasi two-dimensional colloidal suspension is studied under the influence of immobilisation (pinning) of a random fraction of its particles. We introduce a novel experimental method to perform random pinning and, with the support of…

Many engineering structures are composed of weakly coupled sectors assembled in a cyclic and ideally symmetric configuration, which can be simplified as forced Duffing oscillators. In this paper, we study the emergence of localized states…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2018-11-14 A. Papangelo , F. Fontanela , A. Grolet , M. Ciavarella , N. Hoffmann

We show that excitability is generic in systems displaying dissipative solitons when spatial inhomogeneities and drift are present. Thus, dissipative solitons in systems which do not have oscillatory states, such as the prototypical…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2013-02-15 P. Parra-Rivas D. Gomila , M. A. Matias , P. Colet

We consider an incremental approximation method for solving variational problems in infinite-dimensional Hilbert spaces, where in each step a randomly and independently selected subproblem from an infinite collection of subproblems is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-03-06 Michael Griebel , Peter Oswald

The Swift-Hohenberg equation (SHE) is a partial differential equation that explains how patterns emerge from a spatially homogeneous state. It has been widely used in the theory of pattern formation. Following a recent study by Bramburger…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2023-12-19 Georgi S. Medvedev , Dmitry E. Pelinovsky

The classical Cahn-Hilliard (CH) equation corresponds to a gradient dynamics model that describes phase decomposition in a binary mixture. In the spinodal region, an initially homogeneous state spontaneously decomposes via a large-scale…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2023-08-11 Tobias Frohoff-Hülsmann , Uwe Thiele

We study the formation of localized patterns arising in doubly resonant dispersive optical parametric oscillators. They form through the locking of fronts connecting a continuous-wave and a Turing pattern state. This type of localized…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2020-07-01 P. Parra-Rivas , C. Mas-Arabí , F. Leo