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The sine-Gordon model with space- and time-dependent parameters is considered. A highly accurate effective model with two degrees of freedom is constructed, allowing the description of the kink movement in this model even for extremely long…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2026-05-22 Tomasz Dobrowolski , Jacek Gatlik , Zofia Bryłowska , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis

In this article we prove that 2-soliton solutions of the sine-Gordon equation (SG) are orbitally stable in the natural energy space of the problem. The solutions that we study are the {\it 2-kink, kink-antikink and breather} of SG. In order…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-01-31 Claudio Muñoz , José M. Palacios

In this study, we investigate the Klein-Gordon-Zakharov system with a focus on identifying multi-soliton solutions. Specifically, for a given number $N$ of solitons, we demonstrate the existence of a multi-soliton solution that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-11-26 Vicente Alvarez , Amin Esfahani

This thesis presents an extensive analysis of the behavior of topological solitons when one or more of their internal modes are activated. The first part of this manuscript is devoted to the study of the simplest topological solitons in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-04 D. Miguélez-Caballero

In this paper we consider two models of soliton dynamics (the sine Gordon and the \phi^4 equations) on a 1-dimensional lattice. We are interested in particular in the behavior of their kink-like solutions inside the Peierls- Nabarro barrier…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-10-31 P. G. Kevrekidis , M. I. Weinstein

We consider the existence and spectral stability of multi-breather structures in the discrete Klein-Gordon equation, both for soft and hard symmetric potentials. To obtain analytical results, we project the system onto a finite-dimensional…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2022-10-18 Ross Parker , Jesús Cuevas-Maraver , P. G. Kevrekidis , Alejandro Aceves

In the present work we explore the dynamics of single kinks, kink-anti-kink pairs and bound states in the prototypical fractional Klein-Gordon example of the sine-Gordon equation. In particular, we modify the order $\beta$ of the temporal…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2025-01-14 T. Bountis , J. Cantisán , J. Cuevas-Maraver , J. E. Macías-Díaz , P. G. Kevrekidis

In the present study the interaction of a sine-Gordon kink with a localized inhomogeneity is considered. In the absence of dissipation, the inhomogeneity considered is found to impose a potential energy barrier. The motion of the kink for…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2025-02-14 Jacek Gatlik , Tomasz Dobrowolski , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis

Ultracold condensates provide a unique platform for exploring soliton physics. Motivated by the recent experiments realizing the sine-Gordon model in a split one-dimensional (1D) BEC, we demonstrate that this system naturally supports…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-07-10 Zeyu Rao , Xiaoshui Lin , Jingsong He , Guangcan Guo , Ming Gong

We investigate a quasi-1D crystal: 2D system of coupled linear chains of particles with strong intra-chain and weak inter-chain interactions. Nonlinear dynamics of one of these chains when the rest of them are fixed is reduced to the well…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 A. V. Savin , E. A. Zubova , L. I. Manevitch

Soliton molecules have been experimentally discovered in optics and theoretically investigated for coupled systems. This paper is concerned with the formation of soliton molecules by the resonant mechanism for a noncoupled system, the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2020-04-15 Zhaowen Yan , Senyue Lou

We explore boundary scattering in the sine-Gordon model with a non-integrable family of Robin boundary conditions. The soliton content of the field after collision is analysed using a numerical implementation of the direct scattering…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-04-11 Robert Arthur , Patrick Dorey , Robert Parini

Directed motion of topological solitons (kinks or antikinks) in the damped and AC-driven discrete sine-Gordon system is investigated. We show that if the driving field breaks certain time-space symmetries, the soliton can perform…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-11 Yaroslav Zolotaryuk , Mario Salerno

Coupling the fields may lead to the emergence of new phenomena. In the realm of classical fields and nonlinear systems, extensive research has been conducted on their solitary and soliton solutions. In the conducted studies, typically two…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-09-23 Azizollah Azizi , Shaghayegh Parkami

We consider the interaction of solitons in a biharmonic, beam model analogue of the well-studied $\phi^4$ Klein-Gordon theory. Specifically, we calculate the force between a well separated kink and antikink. Knowing their accelerations as a…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2020-05-13 Robert J. Decker , A. Demirkaya , N. S. Manton , P. G. Kevrekidis

In this work, we will use inverse scattering transform to study the semi-discrete Gardner equation under two types of non-vanishing boundary conditions, and investigate two interesting nonlinear waves in the presence of discrete spectrum,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-10-28 Jia-Xue Niu , Yan-Nan Zhao , Rui Guo , Jian-Wen Zhang

Contrary to the common understanding, the Sine-Gordon equation in (1+2) dimensions does have N-soliton solutions for any N. The Hirota algorithm allows for the construction of static N-soliton solutions (i.e., solutions that do not depend…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-06-12 Yair Zarmi

We study topological kinks and their interactions in a family of scalar field models with a double well potential parametrized by the mass of small perturbations around the vacua, ranging from the mass of the $\phi^4$ Klein-Gordon model all…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-10-24 F. M. Hahne , P. Klimas

The graphene superlattice equation, a modified sine-Gordon equation, governs the propagation of solitary electromagnetic waves in a graphene superlattice. This equation has kink solutions without explicit analytical expression, requiring…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-08-04 Francisca Martin-Vergara , Francisco Rus , Francisco R. Villatoro

A model of soliton-defect interactions in the sine-Gordon equations is studied using singular perturbation theory. Melnikov theory is used to derive a critical velocity for strong interactions, which is shown to be exponentially small for…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-10 Roy H. Goodman , Richard Haberman