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The Sine-Gordon equation in (1+2) dimensions has N-soliton solutions that propagate at velocities that are lower than the speed of light (c = 1), for any N greater tha or equal to 1. A first integral of the equation, which vanishes…
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We discuss the possible applications of string theory for the construction of generalizations of the $SU(3)\times SU(2)\times U(1)$ standard model of strong and electroweak interactions. This includes an investigation of effective $d=4$…
Guided by a study of kink-antikink scattering in the Gross-Neveu model and other known solutions of the Hartree-Fock approach of a particularly simple type, we demonstrate a quantitative relationship between three different problems:…
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Motivated by integrability of the sine-Gordon equation, we investigate a technique for constructing desired solutions to Einstein's equations by combining a dressing technique with a control-theory approach. After reviewing classical…
We introduce a continuous one-parameter family of elliptic sine-Gordon equations (SGE) characterized by the modulus $0 \le m \le 1$ of Jacobi elliptic functions and analyze some of its properties and obtain its kink solution for various…
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We study the black string solutions in the Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet(EGB) theory at large $D$. By using the $1/D$ expansion in the near horizon region we derive the effective equations that describe the dynamics of the EGB black strings. The…
We consider discrete sine-Gordon equation on branched domains. The latter is modeled in terms of the metric graphs with discrete bonds having the form of the branched 1D chains. Exact analytical solutions of the problem are obtained for…
The generalized sine-Gordon (sG) equation was derived as an integrable generalization of the sG equation. In this paper, we develop a direct method for solving the generalized sG equation without recourse to the inverse scattering method.…
Contrary to the decades-old understanding, SGn, the Sine-Gordon equation in (1+n) dimensions, has N-soliton solutions for any N >= 1, not only for n = 1, but also for n = 2 and 3. While SG1 solitons are confined to a line, SG2- and…
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We present an analysis of the stability spectrum for all stationary periodic solutions to the sine-Gordon equation. An analytical expression for the spectrum is given. From this expression, various quantitative and qualitative results about…
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