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We discuss the process by which energy, initially evenly distributed in a nonlinear lattice, can localize itself into large amplitude excitations. We show that, the standard modulational instability mechanism, which can initiate the process…

patt-sol · Physics 2008-02-03 T. Dauxois , M. Peyrard

Artificial intelligence in the form of deep learning is now very popular and directly implemented in many areas of science and technology. In the present work we study time evolution of Discrete Breathers in one-dimensional nonlinear chains…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2022-12-07 T. Dogkas , M. Eleftheriou , G. D. Barmparis , G. P. Tsironis

We consider the $\phi^4$ model in one space dimension with propagation speeds that are small deviations from a constant function. In the constant-speed case, a stationary solution called the kink is known explicitly, and the recent work of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-12-02 Stanley Snelson

We consider the existence and spectral stability of nonlinear discrete localized solutions representing light pulses propagating in a twisted multi-core optical fiber. By considering an even number, $N$, of waveguides, we derive asymptotic…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2022-06-29 Ross Parker , Yannan Shen , Alejandro Aceves , John Zweck

The passive flight of a thin wing or plate is an archetypal problem in flow-structure interactions at intermediate Reynolds numbers. This seemingly simple aerodynamic system displays an impressive variety of steady and unsteady motions that…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-07-09 Olivia Pomerenk , Leif Ristroph

We consider a chain of torsionally-coupled, planar pendula shaken horizontally by an external sinusoidal driver. It has been known that in such a system, theoretically modeled by the discrete sine-Gordon equation, intrinsic localized modes,…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2016-01-20 F. Palmero , J. Han , L. Q. English , T. J. Alexander , P. G. Kevrekidis

Nonlinearity and disorder are the recognized ingredients of the lattice vibrational dynamics, the factors that could be diminished, but never excluded. We generalize the concept of $q$-breathers -- periodic orbits in nonlinear lattices,…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-05-13 M. V. Ivanchenko

About two decades ago it was discovered that systems of nonlocally coupled oscillators can exhibit unusual symmetry-breaking patterns composed of coherent and incoherent regions. Since then such patterns, called chimera states, have been…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2022-01-11 Oleh Omel'chenko

Exact solutions for symmetric discrete breathers (DBs) are obtained in forced-damped linear chain with on-site vibro-impact constraints. The damping is related to inelastic impacts; the forcing may be chosen from broad class of periodic…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-06-11 O. V. Gendelman

We review recent studies about quantum discrete breathers. We describe their basic properties in comparison with their classical counterparts, and the ways they may be addressed theoretically in different quantum lattice models including…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-05-25 Ricardo A. Pinto , Sergej Flach

We prove the most general theorem about spectral stability of multi-site breathers in the discrete Klein-Gordon equation with a small coupling constant. In the anti-continuum limit, multi-site breathers represent excited oscillations at…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2013-01-15 Dmitry Pelinovsky , Anton Sakovich

In the present work we construct kink solutions for different (parabolic and wave) variants of the fractional $\phi^4$ model, in both the sub-Laplacian and super-Laplacian setting. We establish existence and monotonicity results (for the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-21 Atanas G. Stefanov , P. G. Kevrekidis

Superregular (SR) breathers are nonlinear wave structures formed by a unique nonlinear superposition of pairs of quasi-Akhmediev breathers. They describe a complete scenario of modulation instability that develops from localized small…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2018-01-29 Chong Liu , Lei Wang , Zhan-Ying Yang , Wen-Li Yang

We revisit the problem of transverse instability of a 2D breather stripe of the sine-Gordon (sG) equation. A numerically computed Floquet spectrum of the stripe is compared to analytical predictions developed by means of multiple-scale…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2020-12-30 P. G. Kevrekidis , R. Carretero-González , J. Cuevas-Maraver , D. J. Frantzeskakis , J. -G. Caputo , B. A. Malomed

Nonlinearity and discreteness are two pivotal factors for an emergence of discrete breather excitations in various media. We argue that these requirements are met in the forced ferromagnetic phase of the monoaxial chiral helimagnet…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-01-05 I. G. Bostrem , E. G. Ekomasov , J. Kishine , A. S. Ovchinnikov , V. E. Sinitsyn

In the present work, we study the nonlinear dynamics of a microtubule, an important part of the cytoskeleton. We use a two-component model of the relevant system. A crucial nonlinear differential equation is solved with semi-discrete…

So far, only the energy thresholds of single discrete breathers in nonlinear Hamiltonian systems have been analytically obtained. In this work, the energy thresholds of discrete breathers in thermal equilibrium and the energy thresholds of…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2018-02-13 Yi Ming , Dong-Bo Ling , Hui-Min Li , Ze-Jun Ding

We investigate the long-time evolution of weakly perturbed single-site breathers (localized stationary states) in the discrete nonlinear Schroedinger (DNLS) equation. The perturbations we consider correspond to time-periodic solutions of…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-10-31 Magnus Johansson , Serge Aubry

For a one-dimensional linear lattice, earlier work has shown how to systematically construct a slowly-decaying linear potential bearing a localized eigenmode embedded in the continuous spectrum. Here, we extend this idea in two directions:…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2022-01-05 Faustino Palmero , Mario I. Molina , Jesús Cuevas-Maraver , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis

In this paper, we prove the nonlinear stability under localized perturbations of spectrally stable time-periodic source defects of reaction-diffusion systems. Consisting of a core that emits periodic wave trains to each side, source defects…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-02-22 Margaret Beck , Toan T. Nguyen , Björn Sandstede , Kevin Zumbrun