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In this paper, we analyse the dynamics of a pattern-forming system close to simultaneous Turing and Turing--Hopf instabilities, which have a 1:1 spatial resonance, that is, they have the same critical wave number. For this, we consider a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-01 Bastian Hilder , Christian Kuehn

We introduce a one-dimensional PT-symmetric system, which includes the cubic self-focusing, a double-well potential in the form of an infinitely deep potential box split in the middle by a delta-functional barrier of an effective height…

Optics · Physics 2018-04-02 Zhaopin Chen , Yongyao Li , Boris A. Malomed

In the present work, we explore the case of a general PT-symmetric dimer in the context of two both linearly and nonlinearly coupled cubic oscillators. To obtain an analytical handle on the system, we first explore the rotating wave…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2014-09-26 J. Cuevas-Maraver , A. Khare , P. G. Kevrekidis , H. Xu , A. Saxena

The existence and stability of a spherical transonic shock in a hemispherical shell under the three dimensional perturbations of the incoming flows and the exit pressure is established without any further restrictions on the background…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-20 Shangkun Weng

In the present work we revisit the problem of the generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation parametrically, as a function of the relevant nonlinearity exponent, to examine the emergence of blow-up solutions, as traveling waveforms lose their…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2023-10-24 S. Jon Chapman , M. Kavousanakis , E. G. Charalampidis , I. G. Kevrekidis , P. G. Kevrekidis

This paper proves the existence of unstable shocks of the Burgers-Hilbert equation conjectured in arXiv:2006.05568. More precisely, we construct smooth initial data with finite $H^9$-norm such that the solution in self-similar coordinates…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-02-17 Ruoxuan Yang

In an influential 1964 article, P. Lax studied $2 \times 2$ genuinely nonlinear strictly hyperbolic PDE systems (in one spatial dimension). Using the method of Riemann invariants, he showed that a large set of smooth initial data lead to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-07-18 Jared Speck , Gustav Holzegel , Jonathan Luk , Willie Wong

Nonlinear waves in defocusing media are investigated in the framework of the hydrodynamic description of light as a photon fluid. The observations are interpreted in terms of an emergent curved spacetime generated by the waves themselves,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-12-07 Francesco Marino , Calum Maitland , David Vocke , Antonello Ortolan , Daniele Faccio

Since the parity-time-(PT-) symmetric quantum mechanics was put forward, fundamental properties of some linear and nonlinear models with PT-symmetric potentials have been investigated. However, previous studies of PT-symmetric waves were…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2017-05-29 Yong Chen , Zhenya Yan , Dumitru Mihalache , Boris A. Malomed

A theoretical investigation has been made to study the cylindrical and spherical electron-acoustic shock waves (EASWs) in an unmagnetized, collisionless degenerate quantum plasma system containing two distinct groups of electrons (one…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-07-25 O. Sharif

In $n \geq 1$ spatial dimensions, we study the Cauchy problem for a quasilinear transport equation coupled to a quasilinear symmetric hyperbolic subsystem of a rather general type. For an open set (relative to a suitable Sobolev topology)…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-07-31 Jared Speck

We theoretically investigate the solitary waves and their switching dynamics in a $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric directional fiber coupler, exhibiting Kerr nonlinearity, by developing a variational analysis. We analyze the fundamental switching…

Optics · Physics 2022-06-22 Ambaresh Sahoo , Amarendra K. Sarma

We demonstrate the controllable generation of distinct types of dispersive shock-waves emerging in a quantum droplet bearing environment with the aid of step-like initial conditions. Dispersive regularization of the ensuing hydrodynamic…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2024-08-20 Sathyanarayanan Chandramouli , Simeon I. Mistakidis , Garyfallia C. Katsimiga , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis

We study the inviscid Burgers equation in the presence of spatially periodic potential force. We prove that for foliated initial value problem there are always solutions developing shocks in a finite time. We give an application of this…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 M. Bialy

We begin with the theoretical study of spectral energy cascade due to the propagation of high amplitude sound in the absence of thermal sources. To this end, a first-principles-based system of governing equations, correct up to second order…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-06-24 Prateek Gupta

We study the Cauchy problem for the compressible Euler equations in two spatial dimensions under any physical barotropic equation of state except that of a Chaplygin gas. We prove that the well-known phenomenon of shock formation in simple…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-10-05 Jonathan Luk , Jared Speck

Recent results demonstrating the chaotic behavior of geodesics in non-homogeneous vacuum pp-wave solutions are generalized. Here we concentrate on motion in non-homogeneous sandwich pp-waves and show that chaos smears as the duration of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Podolsky , K. Vesely

We introduce a ladder-shaped chain with each rung carrying a $\mathcal{PT}$ -symmetric gain-loss dipole. The polarity of the dipoles is staggered along the chain, meaning that a rung bearing gain-loss is followed by one bearing loss-gain.…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-04-01 Jennie D'Ambroise , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis , Boris A. Malomed

We calculate the quasi-stationary structure of a radiating shock wave propagating through a spherically symmetric shell of cold gas by solving the time-dependent equations of radiation hydrodynamics on an adaptive grid. We show that this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. W. Sincell , M. Gehmeyr , D. Mihalas

In graphene, where the electron-electron scattering is dominant, electrons collectively act as a fluid. This hydrodynamic behaviour of charge carriers leads to exciting nonlinear phenomena such as solitary waves and shocks, among others. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-12 Pedro Cosme , Hugo Terças