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A kinetic equation which combines the quasiparticle drift of Landau's equation with a dissipation governed by a nonlocal and noninstant scattering integral in the spirit of Snider's equation for gases is derived. Consequent balance…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Václav Špička , Pavel Lipavský , Klaus Morawetz

In this work we study the presence of kinks in models described by two real scalar fields in bi-dimensional space-time. We generate new two-field models, constructed from distinct but important one-field models, and we solve them with…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-09-10 A. Alonso-Izquierdo , D. Bazeia , L. Losano , J. Mateos Guilarte

The notion of fractional dynamics is related to equations of motion with one or a few terms with derivatives of a fractional order. This type of equation appears in the description of chaotic dynamics, wave propagation in fractal media, and…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-03-19 Vasily E. Tarasov , George M. Zaslavsky

Magnetized plasma columns and extended magnetic structures with both footpoints anchored to a surface layer are an important building block of astrophysical dissipation models. Current loops shining in X-rays during the growth of plasma…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-07 Natalie Rugg , Jens F. Mahlmann , Anatoly Spitkovsky

The time-evolution of an Ising model with large driving fields over discrete time intervals is shown to be reproduced by an effective XXZ-Heisenberg model at leading order in the inverse field strength. For specific orientations of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-24 Anthony N. Ciavarella , Stephan Caspar , Hersh Singh , Martin J. Savage , Pavel Lougovski

We study the elasticity of the collision of two kinks with an incoming low speed $v\in (0,1)$ for the nonlinear wave equation in dimension $1+1$ known as the $\phi^{6}$ model. We prove for any $k\in\mathbb{N}$ that if the incoming speed $v$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-10 Abdon Moutinho

The discrete complex Ginzburg-Landau equation is a fundamental model for the dynamics of nonlinear lattices incorporating competitive dissipation and energy gain effects. Such mechanisms are of particular importance for the study of…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2023-05-03 Dirk Hennig , Nikos I. Karachalios , Jesús Cuevas-Maraver

The wobbling kink is the soliton of the $\phi^4$ model with an excited internal mode. We outline an asymptotic construction of this particle-like solution that takes into account the coexistence of several space and time scales. The…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2018-08-28 I V Barashenkov

We use experiments and molecular dynamics simulations of vertically oscillated granular layers to study horizontal particle segregation induced by a kink (a boundary between domains oscillating out of phase). Counter-rotating convection…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 Sung Joon Moon , Daniel I. Goldman , J. B. Swift , Harry L. Swinney

The main objective of this article are two-fold. First, we introduce some general principles on phase transition dynamics, including a new dynamic transition classification scheme, and a Ginzburg-Landau theory for modeling equilibrium phase…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-03-12 Tian Ma , Shouhong Wang

We are concerned with the dynamical behavior of solutions to semilinear wave systems with time-varying damping and nonconvex force potential. Our result shows that the dynamical behavior of solution is asymptotically stable without any…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-06-17 Zhe Jiao , Yong Xu , Lijing Zhao

A modification of Coulomb's law of friction uses a variable coefficient of friction that depends on a power law in the energy of mechanical oscillation. Through the use of three different exponents: 0, 1/2 and 1; all commonly encountered…

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Randall D. Peters

Kink dynamics of the damped Frenkel-Kontorova (discrete sine-Gordon) chain driven by a constant external force are investigated. Resonant steplike transitions of the average velocity occur due to the competitions between the moving kinks…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Zhigang Zheng , Bambi Hu , Gang Hu

We consider the long-time dynamics of a general class of nonlinear Fokker-Planck equations, describing the large population behavior of mean-field interacting units. The main motivation of this work concerns the case where the individual…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-01-08 Eric Lucon , Christophe Poquet

We have investigated the development of current-driven (CD) kink instability through three-dimensional relativistic MHD simulations. A static force-free equilibrium helical magnetic configuration is considered in order to study the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-07-22 Yosuke Mizuno , Yuri Lyubarsky , Ken-Ichi Nishikawa , Philip E. Hardee

We investigate the thermal equilibrium properties of kinks in a classical $\F^4$ field theory in $1+1$ dimensions. From large scale Langevin simulations we identify the temperature below which a dilute gas description of kinks is valid. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 Francis J. Alexander , Salman Habib , Alex Kovner

We study long-time dynamics of a class of abstract second order in time evolution equations in a Hilbert space with the damping term depending both on displacement and velocity. This damping represents the nonlinear strong dissipation…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2010-10-26 Igor Chueshov , Stanislav Kolbasin

Dirac equation requires $E=mc^2$ energy of resting particle, leading to some $\exp(-iEt/\hbar)$ its evolution - periodic process of $\omega=mc^2/\hbar$ frequency, literally propelled by mass of particle, confirmed experimentally e.g. for…

General Physics · Physics 2025-07-25 Jarek Duda

We review and complete the existing literature on the kinetic theory of spatially homogeneous systems with long-range interactions taking collective effects into account. The evolution of the system as a whole is described by the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-02-20 Pierre-Henri Chavanis

We investigate kink-antikink collisions in a model characterized by two scalar fields in the presence of geometric constrictions. The model includes an auxiliary function that modifies the kinematics associated with one of the two fields.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-10-31 João G. F. Campos , Fabiano C. Simas , D. Bazeia