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We study the spectral stability of solitary wave solutions to the nonlinear Dirac equation in one dimension. We focus on the Dirac equation with cubic nonlinearity, known as the Soler model in (1+1) dimensions and also as the massive…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-03-06 Gregory Berkolaiko , Andrew Comech

For the nonlinear Dirac equation with scalar self-interaction (the Soler model) in three spatial dimensions, we consider the linearization at solitary wave solutions and find the invariant spaces which correspond to different spherical…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-31 Nabile Boussaïd , Andrew Comech , Niranjana Kulkarni

We explore a prototypical two-dimensional model of the nonlinear Dirac type and examine its solitary wave and vortex solutions. In addition to identifying the stationary states, we provide a systematic spectral stability analysis,…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2016-06-01 J. Cuevas-Maraver , P. G. Kevrekidis , A. Saxena , A. Comech , R. Lan

We consider the nonlinear Dirac equation, also known as the Soler model: $i\p\sb t\psi=-i\alpha \cdot \nabla \psi+m \beta \psi-f(\psi\sp\ast \beta \psi) \beta \psi$, $\psi(x,t)\in\mathbb{C}^{N}$, $x\in\mathbb{R}^n$, $n\le 3$, $f\in C\sp…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-06-17 Andrew Comech , Meijiao Guan , Stephen Gustafson

We consider the nonlinear Dirac equation in one dimension, also known as the Soler model in (1+1) dimensions, or the massive Gross-Neveu model: $i\partial_t\psi=-i\alpha\partial_x\psi+m\beta\psi-f(\psi^\ast\beta\psi)\beta\psi$,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-07-17 Andrew Comech

We consider the nonlinear Dirac equations (NLDE's) in 1+1 dimension with scalar-scalar self interaction $\frac{g^2}{k+1} ({\bar \Psi} \Psi)^{k+1}$, as well as a vector-vector self interaction $\frac{g^2}{k+1} ({\bar \Psi} \gamma_\mu \Psi…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-03-28 Fred Cooper , Avinash Khare , Bogdan Mihaila , Avadh Saxena

We consider the nonlinear Dirac equations (NLDE's) in 1+1 dimension with scalar-scalar self interaction $\frac{g^2}{\kappa+1} ({\bPsi} \Psi)^{\kappa+1}$ in the presence of various external electromagnetic fields. Starting from the exact…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-03-20 Franz G. Mertens , Niurka R. Quintero , Fred Cooper , Avinash Khare , Avadh Saxena

We consider the nonlinear Dirac (NLD) equation in 1+1 dimension with scalar-scalar self-interaction in the presence of external forces as well as damping of the form $\gamma^0 f(x,t) - i \mu \gamma^0 \Psi$, where both $f, \{f_j = r_i e^{i…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2017-04-05 Franz G. Mertens , Fred Cooper , Sihong Shao , Niurka R. Quintero , Avadh Saxena , A. R. Bishop

The present paper is a numerical study of the dynamics of solitary wave solutions of the fractional nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation, whose existence was analyzed by the authors in the first part of the project. The computational study…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-04 Angel Durán , Nuria Reguera

In the present work, we introduce a discrete formulation of the nonlinear Dirac equation in the form of a discretization of the Gross-Neveu model. The motivation for this discrete model proposal is both computational (near the continuum…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-01-21 J. Cuevas-Maraver , P. G. Kevrekidis , A. Saxena

We consider the nonlinear Dirac equation in 1+1 dimension with scalar-scalar self interaction $ \frac{g^2}{\kappa+1} ({\bar \Psi} \Psi)^{\kappa+1}$ and with mass $m$. Using the exact analytic form for rest frame solitary waves of the form…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2014-09-24 Sihong Shao , Niurka R. Quintero , Franz G. Mertens , Fred Cooper , Avinash Khare , Avadh Saxena

We consider the nonlinear Dirac equation with Soler-type nonlinearity concentrated at one point and present a detailed study of the spectrum of linearization at solitary waves. We then consider two different perturbations of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-07 Nabile Boussaid , Claudio Cacciapuoti , Raffaele Carlone , Andrew Comech , Diego Noja , Andrea Posilicano

We consider the nonlinear Dirac (NLD) equation in 1+1 dimension with scalar-scalar self-interaction in the presence of external forces as well as damping of the form $ f(x,t) - i \mu \gamma^0 \Psi$, where both $f$ and $\Psi$ are…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-03-02 Franz G. Mertens , Fred Cooper , Niurka R. Quintero , Sihong Shao , Avinash Khare , Avadh Saxena

We consider the spectral stability of solitary wave solutions \phi(x)e^{-i\omega t} to the nonlinear Dirac equation in any dimension. This equation is well-known to theoretical physicists as the Soler model (or, in one dimension, the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-08-16 Andrew Comech

The stability and dynamical properties of the so-called resonant nonlinear Schr\"odinger (RNLS) equation, are considered. The RNLS is a variant of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation with the addition of a perturbation used to…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2020-03-05 F. Williams , F. Tsitoura , T. P. Horikis , P. G. Kevrekidis

Solitary waves in a general nonlinear lattice are discussed, employing as a model the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with a spatially periodic nonlinear coefficient. An asymptotic theory is developed for long solitary waves, that span a…

Optics · Physics 2011-07-05 Guenbo Hwang , T. R. Akylas , Jianke Yang

We study the point spectrum of the linearization at a solitary wave solution $\phi_\omega(x)e^{-\mathrm{i}\omega t}$ to the nonlinear Dirac equation in $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n\ge 1$, with the nonlinear term given by $f(\psi^*\beta\psi)\beta\psi$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-08-13 Nabile Boussaid , Andrew Comech

We review asymptotic stability of solitary waves for nonlinear dispersive equations set on the line. Our focus is threefold: first, the nonlinear Schrodinger equation; second, the notion of full asymptotic stability (which states that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-08 Pierre Germain

In the present work, we consider a prototypical example of a PT-symmetric Dirac model. We discuss the underlying linear limit of the model and identify the threshold of the PT-phase transition in an analytical form. We then focus on the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-10-05 Jesús Cuevas--Maraver , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis , Avadh Saxena , Fred Cooper , Avinash Khare , Andrew Comech , Carl M. Bender

We introduce a generalized version of the Ablowitz-Ladik model with a power-law nonlinearity, as a discretization of the continuum nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation with the same type of the nonlinearity. The model opens a way to study the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2018-12-17 J. Cuevas-Maraver , P. G. Kevrekidis , B. A. Malomed , L. Guo
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