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Consider the cubic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation set on a d-dimensional torus, with data whose Fourier coefficients have phases which are uniformly distributed and independent. We show that, on average, the evolution of the moduli of the…
Spatially periodic breather solutions (SPBs) of the nonlinear Schr\"o\-dinger (NLS) equation are frequently used to model rogue waves and are typically unstable. In this paper we study the effects of dissipation and higher order…
In this manuscript we investigate the Benjamin-Feir (or modulation) instability for the spatial evolution of water waves from the perspective of the discrete, spatial Zakharov equation, which captures cubically nonlinear and resonant wave…
We study the periodic cubic derivative non-linear Schr\"odinger equation (dNLS) and the (focussing) quintic non-linear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS). These are both $L^2$ critical dispersive models, which exhibit threshold type behavior,…
In this overview paper, we show existence of smooth solitary-wave solutions to the nonlinear, dispersive evolution equations of the form \begin{equation*} \partial_t u + \partial_x(\Lambda^s u + u\Lambda^r u^2) = 0, \end{equation*} where…
The nonlinear Schroedinger equation has several families of quasi-periodic travelling waves, each of which can be parametrized up to symmetries by two real numbers: the period of the modulus of the wave profile, and the variation of its…
We consider the effect of the wind and the dissipation on the nonlinear stages of the modulational instability. By applying a suitable transformation, we map the forced/damped Nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation into the standard NLS…
We use the spectral theory of soliton gas for the one-dimensional focusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (fNLSE) to describe the statistically stationary and spatially homogeneous integrable turbulence emerging at large times from the…
A large class of multidimensional nonlinear Schroedinger equations admit localized nonradial standing wave solutions that carry nonzero intrinsic angular momentum. Here we provide evidence that certain of these spinning excitations are…
We measure spectra, spatial correlation functions and probability density functions (PDFs) for waves amplitudes for generalized one-dimensional nonlinear Schrodinger (NLS) equation of focusing type with saturated nonlinearity. All…
A review of three-dimensional waves on deep-water is presented. Three forms of three dimensionality, namely oblique, forced and spontaneous type, are identified. An alternative formulation for these three-dimensional waves is given through…
In the present work we explore features of single and pairs of solitary waves in a fractional variant of the nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equation. Motivated by the recent experimental realization of arbitrary fractional exponents, upon…
We investigate the dynamics of localized solutions of the relativistic cold fluid plasma model in the small but finite amplitude limit, for slightly overcritical plasma density. Adopting a multiple scale analysis, we derive a perturbed…
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…
The dynamics of soliton pulses in the Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation (NLSE) driven by an external Traveling wave is studied analytically and numerically. The Hamiltonian structure of the system is used to show that, in the adiabatic…
The dynamics of quantized vortices in weakly interacting superfluids are often modeled by a nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation. In contrast, we show that quantized vortices in fact obey a non-Hamiltonian evolution equation, which enhances…
In this paper, we present new results regarding the orbital stability of solitary standing waves for the general fourth-order Schr\"odinger equation with mixed dispersion. The existence of solitary waves can be determined both as minimizers…
In this paper, we study the existence and instability of standing waves with a prescribed $L^2$-norm for the fractional Schr\"{o}dinger equation \begin{equation} i\partial_{t}\psi=(-\Delta)^{s}\psi-f(\psi), \qquad (0.1)\end{equation} where…
Dynamics of solitons is considered in the framework of the extended nonlinear Schrodinger equation (NLSE), which is derived from a system of Zakharov's type for the interaction between high- and low-frequency (HF and LF) waves, in which the…
Dissipationless shock waves in modulational unstable one-dimensional medium are investigated on the simplest example of integrable focusing nonlinear Schr\''odinger (NS) equation. Our approach is based on the construction of special exact…