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We identify the kinks of a deformed O(3) linear Sigma model as the solutions of a set of first-order systems of equations; the above model is a generalization of the MSTB model with a three-component scalar field. Taking into account…

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A spatially discrete version of the general kink-bearing nonlinear Klein-Gordon model in (1+1) dimensions is constructed which preserves the topological lower bound on kink energy. It is proved that, provided the lattice spacing h is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 J. M. Speight

We introduce and study the disordered Dicke model in which the spin-boson couplings are drawn from a random distribution with some finite width. Regarding the quantum phase transition we show that when the standard deviation $\sigma$ of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-08-28 Pragna Das , Sebastian Wüster , Auditya Sharma

We have investigated the mean field dynamics of an overdamped viscoelastic medium driven through quenched disorder. The model introduced incorporates coexistence of pinned and sliding degrees of freedom and can exhibit continuous elastic…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Cristina Marchetti , A. Alan Middleton , Thomas Prellberg

In this letter, we fill a hole in the existing literature about disordered quantum spin systems generated by a random local interaction $\{\mathfrak{h}(Z)\}_{Z\Subset \mathbb{Z}^\nu}$ satisfying a statistical version of translation…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-03-23 Eric B. Roon , Jeffrey H. Schenker

We establish the full asymptotic stability of the sine-Gordon kink outside symmetry under small perturbations in weighted Sobolev norms. Our proof consists of a space-time resonances approach based on the distorted Fourier transform to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-11-12 Gong Chen , Jonas Luhrmann

Above the QCD chiral crossover temperature, the low-lying eigenmodes of the Dirac operator are localised, while moving up in the spectrum states become extended. This localisation/delocalisation transition has been shown to be a genuine…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2014-10-24 Matteo Giordano , Tamas G. Kovacs , Ferenc Pittler

The competition in the pinning of a directed polymer by a columnar pin and a background of random point impurities is investigated systematically using the renormalization group method. With the aid of the mapping to the noisy-Burgers'…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 Terence Hwa , Thomas Nattermann

In this work, families of kinks are analytically identified in multifield theories with either polynomial or deformed sine-Gordon-type potentials. The underlying procedure not only allows us to obtain analytical solutions for these models,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-01 A. Alonso-Izquierdo , A. J. Balseyro Sebastian , M. A. Gonzalez Leon

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 investigate the dynamics of a single, overdamped colloidal particle, which is driven by a constant force through a one-dimensional periodic potential. We focus on systems with large barrier heights where the lowest-order cumulants of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-05-30 Clive Emary , Robert Gernert , Sabine H. L. Klapp

The scattering of kinks and low-frequency breathers of the nonlinear sine-Gordon (SG) equation on a spatially localized $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric perturbation (defect) with a balanced gain and loss is investigated numerically. It is…

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We propose a system of sine-Gordon equations, with the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry represented by balanced gain and loss in them. The equations are coupled by sine-field terms and first-order derivatives. The sinusoidal coupling stems from…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2016-05-27 J. Cuevas-Maraver , B. A. Malomed , P. G. Kevrekidis

We study topological solitary waves (kinks and antikinks) in a nonlinear one-dimensional Klein-Gordon chain with the on-site potential of a double-Morse type. This chain is used to describe the collective proton dynamics in…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-07 V. M. Karpan , Y. Zolotaryuk , P. L. Christiansen , A. V. Zolotaryuk

Extended systems driven through strong disorder are modeled generically using coarse-grained degrees of freedom that interact elastically in the directions parallel to the driving force and that slip along at least one of the directions…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Cristina Marchetti , A. Alan Middleton , Karl Saunders , J. M. Schwarz

Particles driven through a periodic potential by an external constant force are known to exhibit a pronounced peak of the diffusion around a critical force that defines the transition between locked and running states. It has recently been…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-19 M. Khoury , A. M. Lacasta , J. M. Sancho , Katja Lindenberg

This paper proposes a fairly general new point of view on the question of asymptotic stability of (topological) solitons. Our approach is based on the use of the distorted Fourier transform at the nonlinear level; it does not rely on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-02-16 Pierre Germain , Fabio Pusateri

Two classes of models of driven disordered systems that exhibit history-dependent dynamics are discussed. The first class incorporates local inertia in the dynamics via nonmonotonic stress transfer between adjacent degrees of freedom. The…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Cristina Marchetti

We consider a periodically driven system where the high-frequency driving protocol consists of a sequence of potentials switched on and off at different instants within a period. We explore the possibility of introducing an adiabatic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-26 Ashwin Murali , Tapomoy Guha Sarkar , Jayendra N. Bandyopadhyay

Pinning and depinning of wave fronts are ubiquitous features of spatially discrete systems describing a host of phenomena in physics, biology, etc. A large class of discrete systems is described by overdamped chains of nonlinear oscillators…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Carpio , L. L. Bonilla , A. Luzon