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In this paper the scattering between the non-topological kinks arising in a family of two-component scalar field theory models is analyzed. A winding charge is carried by these defects. As a consequence, two different classes of kink…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-03-03 Alberto Alonso-Izquierdo

The fractal velocity pattern in symmetric kink-antikink collisions in $\phi^4$ theory is shown to emerge from a dynamical model with two effective moduli, the kink-antikink separation and the internal shape mode amplitude. The shape mode…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-08-18 N. S. Manton , K. Oles , T. Romanczukiewicz , A. Wereszczynski

We investigate the propagation of fronts in an inhomogeneous medium within the framework of the $\phi^4$ model. The inhomogeneity is modeled either as an interface separating regions with different dissipation or as a finite layer with…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2026-05-18 Jacek Gatlik , Tomasz Dobrowolski , Dominika Lasa , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis

The asymmetric scattering between wobblers and kinks in the standard $\phi^4$ model is numerically investigated in two different scenarios. First, the collision between wobblers with opposite phase is analyzed. Here, a destructive…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-02-01 A. Alonso-Izquierdo , L. M. Nieto , J. Queiroga-Nunes

Graphene kinks are topological states of buckled graphene membranes. We show that when a moving kink encounters a constriction, there are three general classes of behavior: reflection, trapping, and transmission. Overall, constriction is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-07-07 D. C. Nguyen , R. D. Yamaletdinov , Y. V. Pershin

The $\phi^4$ model is coupled to an impurity in a way that preserves one-half of the BPS property. This means that the antikink-impurity bound state is still a BPS solution, i.e., a zero-pressure solution saturating the topological energy…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-05-01 C. Adam , T. Romanczukiewicz , A. Wereszczynski

We study a scalar field model in a two dimensional space-time with a generalized $\phi^4_G$ potential which has four minima, obtaining novel kink solutions with well defined properties although the potential is non-analytical at the origin.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-01-18 Jonathan Lozano-Mayo , Manuel Torres-Labansat

The interaction between kink and radiation in nonlinear one-dimensional real scalar field is investigated. The process of discrete vibrational mode excitation in $\phi^4$ model is considered. The role of this oscillations in creation of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Tomasz Romanczukiewicz

In this paper, we study the single kink and the kink-antikink collisions of a nonlinear beam equation bearing a fourth-derivative term. We numerically explore some of the key characteristics of the single kink both in its standing wave and…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-03-17 Robert J. Decker , Aslihan Demirkaya , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis , Digno Iglesias , Jeff Severino , Yonathan Shavit

We study some properties of kink solutions of the model with non-polynomial potential obtained by deforming the well-known $\varphi^6$ field model. We consider the excitation spectrum of the kink. We also discuss the properties of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-01-06 Vakhid A. Gani , Aliakbar Moradi Marjaneh

In this paper we examine the scattering processes among the members of a rich family of kinks which arise in a (1+1)-dimensional relativistic two scalar field theory. These kinks carry two different topological charges that determine the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-01-10 A. Alonso-Izquierdo

In this paper, we numerically study the scattering of kinks in the noncanonical sine-Gordon model using Fourier spectral methods. The model depends on two free parameters, which control the localized inner structure in the energy density…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-03-08 I. Takyi , B. Barnes , H. M. Tornyeviadzi , J. Ackora-Prah

Recent studies have emphasized the important role that a shape deformability of scalar-field models pertaining to the same class with the standard $\phi^4$ field, can play in controlling the production of a specific type of breathing bound…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-02-23 F. Naha Nzoupe , Alain M. Dikandé , C. Tchawoua

We study various properties of topological solitons (kinks) of a field-theoretic model with a polynomial potential of the twelfth degree. This model is remarkable in that it has several topological sectors, in which kinks have different…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2025-08-20 Aliakbar Moradi Marjaneh , Vakhid A. Gani , Azam Ghaani , Kurosh Javidan , Alexander A. Malnev , Oleg V. Nagornov

This study deals with a piecewise $\phi^2$ scalar field theory in $(1+1)$ dimensions. The scalar field potential is designed with a triple-well shape, engendering kink solutions with asymmetric square-well linearized potentials. Thus, the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-13 Carlos E. S. Santos , João G. F. Campos , Azadeh Mohammadi

The radiation from oscillating kink in (1+1) dimensional relativistic $\phi^4$ model is considered. Both analytical and numerical approaches are presented and the comparison between these methods is discussed. Acceleration of the kink in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Tomasz Romanczukiewicz

In this paper, kink scattering in the dimensional reduction of the bosonic sector of a one-parameter family of generalized Wess-Zumino models with three vacuum points is discussed. The value of the model parameter determines the specific…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-11-08 A. Alonso-Izquierdo , M. A. Gonzalez Leon , J. Martin Vaquero , M. de la Torre Mayado

In this paper, we study the $\phi^4$ kink scattering from a spatially localized $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric defect and the effect of the kink's internal mode (IM) is discussed. It is demonstrated that if a kink hits the defect from the gain…

We study a generalized $\phi^4$ model that gives rise to BPS kink/antikink configurations with compacton-like profiles. One observes that the positive parameter controlling the generalizing function promotes an infinity degenerescence of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-06-03 F. C. E. Lima , C. A. S. Almeida , Rodolfo Casana

We study kink-antikink collisions in a particular case of the double sine-Gordon model depending on only one parameter $r$. The scattering process of large kink-antikink shows the changing of the topological sector. For some parameter…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-02-03 Fabiano C. Simas , Fred C. Lima , K. Z. Nobrega , Adalto R. Gomes