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We investigate non-trivial topological structures in Discrete Light Cone Quantization (DLCQ) through the example of the broken symmetry phase of the two dimensional $\phi^4$ theory using anti periodic boundary condition (APBC). We present…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Dipankar Chakrabarti , A. Harindranath , Lubomir Martinovic , J. P. Vary

We study discrete solitons (kinks) accessible in state-of-the-art trapped ion experiments, considering zigzag crystals and quasi-3D configurations, both theoretically and experimentally. We first extend the theoretical understanding of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-09-09 H. Landa , J. Brox , M. Mielenz , T. Schaetz , B. Reznik

Extending a recent effective theory formulation for the dynamics of kinks in the sine-Gordon model [1], we propose an analogous effective description of $\phi^4$ kinks. Three different reduced models based on the kink position, width and…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2026-05-22 Jacek Gatlik , Tomasz Dobrowolski , Jean-Guy Caputo , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis

We investigate low-energy fluctuations in the real kink crystal phase of dense quark matter within the Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model. The modulated chiral condensate breaks both the translational symmetry and chiral symmetry spontaneously,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-08-05 Yoshimasa Hidaka , Kazuhiko Kamikado , Takuya Kanazawa , Toshifumi Noumi

We examine the problem of the dynamics of interfaces in a one-dimensional space-time discrete dynamical system. Two different regimes are studied : the non-propagating and the propagating one. In the first case, after proving the existence…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-22 B. Fernandez

In this paper, we introduce a commensurable and non-degenerate double sine-Gordon model, in which a partial breaking of vacuum degeneracy provides a mechanism for the emergence of static multi-kinks. These multi-kinks $K_n$ are stable field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-18 Jonathan Lozano-Mayo , Manuel Torres-Labansat

We develop a dynamical model of the propagating nonlinear localized excitations, supersonic kinks, in the cation layer in a silicate mica crystal. We start from purely electrostatic Coulomb interaction and add the Ziegler-Biersack-Littmark…

A chain of interacting particles subject also to a nonlinear on-site potential admits stable soliton-like configurations : static kinks. The linear normal-modes around such a kink contain a discrete set of localized, gap-separated modes.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-02-02 H. Landa

We present a numerical study of the process of the kink-antikink collisions in the coupled one-dimensional two-component $\phi^4$ model. Our results reveal two different soliton solutions which represent double kink configuration and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-05-30 A. Halavanau , T. Romanczukiewicz , Ya. Shnir

We study numerically the kink-fermion interactions in a 1+1 dimensional toy model, which describes sine-Gordon kinks coupled to the massless Dirac fermions with backreaction. We show that the spectrum of fermionic modes strongly depends on…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-01 Vakhid A. Gani , Anastasia Gorina , Ilya Perapechka , Yakov Shnir

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 examine various recently proposed discretizations of the well-known $\phi^4$ field theory. We compare and contrast the properties of their fundamental solutions including the nature of their kink-type solitary waves and the spectral…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2008-11-26 Ishani Roy , Sergey V. Dmitriev , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis , Avadh Saxena

The frictional dynamics of interacting surfaces under forced translation are critically dependent on lattice commensurability. Performing experiments in a trapped-ion friction emulator, we observe two distinct structural and frictional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-08 Dorian A. Gangloff , Alexei Bylinskii , Vladan Vuletić

In this Letter, we address the {long-range interaction} between kinks and antikinks, as well as kinks and kinks, in $\varphi^{2n+4}$ field theories for $n>1$. The kink-antikink interaction is generically attractive, while the kink-kink…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-05-08 Ivan C. Christov , Robert J. Decker , A. Demirkaya , Vakhid A. Gani , P. G. Kevrekidis , Avinash Khare , Avadh Saxena

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

In this thesis, we study interactions between topological defects in two-dimensional spacetimes. These defects are called kinks. They are solutions of scalar field theories with localized energy which propagate without losing its shape. In…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-04-13 João G. F. Campos

We use experiments and molecular dynamics simulations of vertically oscillated granular layers to study horizontal particle segregation induced by a kink (a boundary between domains oscillating out of phase). Counter-rotating convection…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 Sung Joon Moon , Daniel I. Goldman , J. B. Swift , Harry L. Swinney

The question of whether interactions can break dynamical localization in quantum kicked rotor systems has been the subject of a long--standing debate. Here, we introduce an extended mapping from the kicked Lieb--Liniger model to a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2026-03-24 Ang Yang , Zekai Chen , Yanliang Guo , Manuele Landini , Hanns-Christoph Nägerl , Lei Ying

The main focus of the present work is to study quasi-one-dimensional kink-antikink stripes embedded in the two-dimensional sine-Gordon equation. Using variational techniques, we reduce the interaction dynamics between a kink and an antikink…

Studies on thermal diffusion of lattice solitons in Fermi-Pasta-Ulam (FPU)-like lattices were recently generalized to the case of dispersive long-range interactions (LRI) of the Kac-Baker form. The position variance of the soliton shows a…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-11 C. Brunhuber , F. G. Mertens , Y. Gaididei