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In this paper, we examine the complex sine-Gordon model in the presence of a boundary, and derive boundary conditions that preserve integrability. We present soliton and breather solutions, investigate the scattering of particles and…

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Within an effective Dirac-Weyl theory we solve the scattering problem for massless chiral fermions impinging on a cylindrical time-dependent potential barrier. The set-up we consider can be used to model the electron propagation in a…

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The scattering of Dirac fermions on the sine-Gordon kink is studied both analytically and numerically. To achieve invariance with respect to a discrete symmetry, the sine-Gordon model is treated as a nonlinear $\sigma$-model with a circular…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-01-24 A. Yu. Loginov

New fluctuation properties arise in problems where both spatial integration and energy summation are necessary ingredients. The quintessential example is given by the short-range approximation to the first order ground state contribution of…

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The scattering of Dirac fermions in the background fields of topological solitons of the $(2+1)$-dimensional nonlinear $O(3)$ $\sigma$-model is studied using both analytical and numerical methods. General formulae describing fermion…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-08-25 A. Yu. Loginov

Pattern dynamics triggered by fixing a boundary is investigated. By considering a reaction-diffusion equation that has a unique spatially-uniform and limit cycle attractor under a periodic or Neumann boundary condition, and then by choosing…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2018-05-09 Takahiro Kohsokabe , Kunihiko Kaneko

We investigate the Manakov model or, more generally, the vector nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation on the half-line. Using a B\"acklund transformation method, two classes of integrable boundary conditions are derived: mixed Neumann/Dirichlet…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 V. Caudrelier , Q. C. Zhang

The scattering of fermions in the background field of a topological soliton of the modified $(2 + 1)$-dimensional $\mathbb{CP}^{1}$ model is studied here both analytically and numerically. Unlike the original $\mathbb{CP}^{1}$ model, the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-25 A. Yu. Loginov

The scattering of a fermion in the background of a smooth step potential is considered with a general mixing of vector and scalar Lorentz structures with the scalar coupling stronger than or equal to the vector coupling. Charge-conjugation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-19 W. M. Castilho , A. S. de Castro

This study explores the scattering dynamics of kinks within a nonlinear system governed by a parameterized potential $U_\lambda(\chi)$, examining the distinct behaviors of small and large kinks across a range of $\lambda$ values and initial…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2026-05-21 Aliakbar Moradi Marjaneh , Dionisio Bazeia

An S matrix approach is developed to describe elastic scattering resonances of systems where the scattered particle is asymptotically confined and the scattering potential lacks continuous symmetry. Examples are conductance resonances in…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 J. U. Noeckel , A. D. Stone

We consider the interaction of solitary waves in a model involving the well-known $\phi^4$ Klein-Gordon theory, but now bearing both Laplacian and biharmonic terms with different prefactors. As a result of the competition of the respective…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-05-26 G. A. Tsolias , Robert J. Decker , A. Demirkaya , T. J. Alexander , P. G. Kevrekidis

We study the fracton phase described by the Chamon model in a manifold with a boundary. The new processes and excitations emerging at the boundary can be understood by means of a diagrammatic framework. From a continuum perspective, the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-31 Weslei B. Fontana , Rodrigo G. Pereira

An asymptotic analysis for a system with equation and dynamic boundary condition of Cahn-Hilliard type is carried out as the coefficient of the surface diffusion acting on the phase variable tends to 0, thus obtaining a forward-backward…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-06-03 Pierluigi Colli , Takeshi Fukao , Luca Scarpa

In this work we consider model of asymmetric kinks, where the behavior of the solution in one side is different from the other side. Also, the models depend of an integer $n$ and, with the increase of $n$, the constructed kink assumes a…

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A simultaneous analysis (in the model-independent approach) of the $\pi\pi$ scattering (from the threshold to 1.9 GeV) and of the $\pi\pi\to K\overline{K}$ process (from the threshold to $\sim$ 1.46 GeV) is carried out in channel with…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Yu. S. Surovtsev , D. Krupa , M. Nagy

We derive and implement a suitable boundary condition for the kinetic description of the electrons inside a plasma, which takes into account microphysical processes inside the wall. It is based on the surface scattering kernel, which…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-11-26 Felix Willert , Clemens Hoyer , Gordon K. Grubert , Franz X. Bronold

In this paper, we study the single kink and the kink-antikink collisions of a nonlinear beam equation bearing a fourth-derivative term. We numerically explore some of the key characteristics of the single kink both in its standing wave and…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-03-17 Robert J. Decker , Aslihan Demirkaya , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis , Digno Iglesias , Jeff Severino , Yonathan Shavit

A quantum spin chain with non-conventional boundary conditions is studied. The distinct nature of these boundary conditions arises from the conversion of a soliton to an anti-soliton after being reflected to the boundary, hence the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-02-04 Jean Avan , Anastasia Doikou , Nikos Karaiskos

We study collisions of kinks in the one-space and one-time dimensional noncanonical nonintegrable scalar $\phi^{6}$ model. We examine the energy density of the kink, and we find that, as a function of the parameters that control the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-01-04 I. Takyi , S. Gyampoh , B. Barnes , J. Ackora-Prah , G. A. Okyere