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A novel 2D nonlinear dynamical paradigm is constructed to interpret the fast and repetitive frequency chirping and amplitude oscillation of Alfv\'en eigenmodes excited by energetic particles in fusion plasmas as observed in global…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-12-01 Junyi Cheng , Wenlu Zhang , Zhihong Lin , Jian Bao , Chao Dong , Jintao Cao , Ding Li

A general theoretical framework for investigating nonlinear dynamics of phase space zonal structures is presented in this work. It is then, more specifically, applied to the limit where the nonlinear evolution time scale is smaller or…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 Fulvio Zonca , Liu Chen , Sergio Briguglio , Giuliana Fogaccia , Gregorio Vlad , Xin Wang

The dynamics of the radial envelope of a weak coherent drift wave is approximately governed by a nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation, which emerges as a limit of the modified Hasegawa-Mima equation. The nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation has…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-05-24 Yao Zhou , Hongxuan Zhu , I. Y. Dodin

Nonlinear interactions in focusing media between traveling solitons and the dispersive shocks produced by an initial discontinuity are studied using the one-dimensional nonlinear Schrodinger equation. It is shown that, when solitons travel…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2019-03-27 Gino Biondini , Jonathan Lottes

Dispersive shock waves and solitons are fundamental nonlinear excitations in dispersive media, but dispersive shock wave studies to date have been severely constrained. Here we report on a novel dispersive hydrodynamics testbed: the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2016-05-04 Michelle D. Maiden , Nicholas K. Lowman , Dalton V. Anderson , Marika E. Schubert , Mark A. Hoefer

The non-stationary nonlinear models of magnetostatic waves propagation in layered ferromagnetic structures are developed. This models are based on use of the coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equations for amplitude of a bending around taking…

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. A. Malugina , Yu. P. Sharaevsky

Solitons are localised wave disturbances that propagate without changing shape, a result of a nonlinear interaction which compensates for wave packet dispersion. Individual solitons may collide, but a defining feature is that they pass…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2014-12-10 Jason H. V. Nguyen , Paul Dyke , De Luo , Boris A. Malomed , Randall G. Hulet

A new basis has been found for the theory of self-organization of transport avalanches and jet zonal flows in L-mode tokamak plasma, the so-called "plasma staircase." The jet zonal flows are considered as a wave packet of coupled nonlinear…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-06-02 Alexander V. Milovanov , Jens Juul Rasmussen , Guilhem Dif-Pradalier

The nonlinear Schrodinger equation supports solitons -- self-interacting, localized states that behave as nearly independent objects. We exhibit solitons with self-induced nonreciprocal dynamics in a discrete nonlinear Schrodinger equation.…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2025-09-15 Pedro Fittipaldi de Castro , Wladimir Alejandro Benalcazar

Unsteady nonlinear magnetization dynamics are studied in an easy-plane ferromagnetic channel subject to spin injection at one edge. The model Landau-Lifshitz equation is known to support steady-state solutions, termed dissipative exchange…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-22 Mingyu Hu , Ezio Iacocca , Mark Hoefer

We present the phase diagram, the underlying stability and magnetic properties as well as the dynamics of nonlinear solitary wave excitations arising in the distinct phases of a harmonically confined spinor $F=1$ Bose-Einstein condensate.…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-02-16 G. C. Katsimiga , S. I. Mistakidis , P. Schmelcher , P. G. Kevrekidis

We demonstrate theoretically and numerically the zonal-flow/drift-wave feedback mechanism for the LH transition in an idealised model of plasma turbulence driven by a small scale instability. Zonal flows are generated by a secondary…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2010-12-17 Colm Connaughton , Sergey Nazarenko , Brenda Quinn

We investigate linear interference effects between a nonlinear plane wave and bright solitons, which are admitted by pair-transition coupled two-component Bose-Einstein condensate. We demonstrate the interference effects can induce several…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2018-02-07 Y. H. Qin , L. C. Zhao , Z. Y. Yang , W. L. Yang

Interactions between solitons and the coherent oscillation structures generated by localized disturbances via modulational instability are studied within the framework of the focusing nonlinear Schrodinger equation. Two main interaction…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2018-10-24 Gino Biondini , Sitai Li , Dionyssios Mantzavinos

We study interactions between bright matter-wave solitons which acquire chiral transport dynamics due to an optically-induced density-dependent gauge potential. Through numerical simulations, we find that the collision dynamics feature…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2018-05-24 R. J. Dingwall , M. J. Edmonds , J. L. Helm , B. A. Malomed , P. Öhberg

The possibility of fast dynamo action by collisionless kinetic Alfven Wave turbulence is demonstrated. The irreversibility necessary to lock in the generated field is provided by electron Landau damping, so the induced electric field does…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 I. Gruzinov , A. Das , P. H. Diamond

Three-dimensional excitable systems can create nonlinear scroll waves that rotate around one-dimensional phase singularities. Recent theoretical work predicts that these filaments drift along step-like height variations. Here we test this…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-03-19 Hua Ke , Zhihui Zhang , Oliver Steinbock

Non-linear dynamics of zonal flows is investigated in the context of the gyrofluid modified Hasegawa-Wakatani model. Merging of zonal flows and the chaotic developement of the initial zonal flow pattern is explored. Conservation equations…

Consideration of wave--flow resonance addresses the long-standing problem of how zonal flows (ZF) saturate in the limit of weak or zero frictional drag, and also determines the ZF scale. For relevant magnetic geometries, the frequently…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-09-26 Jiacong Li , Patrick H. Diamond

Dynamics of solitons is considered in the framework of an extended nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLSE), which is derived from a Zakharov-type model for wind-driven high-frequency (HF) surface waves in the ocean, coupled to damped…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-12-04 Evgeny M. Gromov , Boris A. Malomed