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In this paper we study the behavior of solutions of a nonlinear Schroedinger equation in presence of an external potential, which is allowed to be singular at one point. We show that the solution behaves like a solitary wave for long time…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-12-20 Claudio Bonanno

We study the motion of solitary-wave solutions of a family of focusing generalized nonlinear Schroedinger equations with a confining, slowly varying external potential, $V(x)$. A Lyapunov-Schmidt decomposition of the solution combined with…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-08-11 B. L. G. Jonsson , J. Froehlich , S. Gustafson , I. M. Sigal

We rigorously study the long time dynamics of solitary wave solutions of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation in {\it time-dependent} external potentials. To set the stage, we first establish the well-posedness of the Cauchy problem for a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Walid K. Abou Salem

We consider a derivative nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with a general nonlinearity. This equation has a two parameter family of solitary wave solutions. We prove orbital stability/instability results that depend on the strength of the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2012-06-18 Xiao Liu , Gideon Simpson , Catherine Sulem

We obtain exact solitary wave solutions of a variant of the generalized derivative nonlinear Schrodinger\equation in 1+1 dimensions with arbitrary values of the nonlinearity parameter $\kappa$ in a Scarf-II potential. This variant of the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2018-11-14 Avinash Khare , Fred Cooper , John F. Dawson

We discuss the response of both moving and trapped solitary wave solutions of a nonlinear two-component nonlinear Schr\"odinger system in 1+1 dimensions to an anti-$\mathcal{PT}$ external periodic complex potential. The dynamical behavior…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-05-03 Efstathios G. Charalampidis , Fred Cooper , John F. Dawson , Avinash Khare , Avadh Saxena

We study the orbital stablity and instability of solitary wave solutions for nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations of derivative type.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-02 Masahito Ohta

Solitary waves in a general nonlinear lattice are discussed, employing as a model the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with a spatially periodic nonlinear coefficient. An asymptotic theory is developed for long solitary waves, that span a…

Optics · Physics 2011-07-05 Guenbo Hwang , T. R. Akylas , Jianke Yang

In recent times it has been paid attention to the fact that (linear) wave equations admit of "soliton-like" solutions, known as Localized Waves or Non-diffracting Waves, which propagate without distortion in one direction. Such Localized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-05-18 Michel Zamboni-Rached , Erasmo Recami

We present trapped solitary wave solutions of a coupled nonlinear Schr\"odinger system in $1$+$1$ dimensions in the presence of an external, supersymmetric and complex $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric potential. The Schr\"odinger system this work…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2020-12-02 Efstathios G. Charalampidis , John F. Dawson , Fred Cooper , Avinash Khare , Avadh Saxena

We show global asymptotic stability of solitary waves of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation in space dimension 1. Furthermore, the radiation is shown to exhibit long range scattering if the nonlinearity is cubic at the origin, or standard…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-06-07 Charles Collot , Pierre Germain

We consider nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations with either power-type or Hartree nonlinearity in the presence of an external potential. We show that for long-range nonlinearities, solutions cannot exhibit scattering to solitary waves or more…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-11 Jason Murphy , Kenji Nakanishi

The effective long-time dynamics of solitary wave solutions of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation in the presence of rough nonlinear perturbations is rigorously studied. It is shown that, if the initial state is close to a slowly…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-10-11 Walid K. Abou Salem

We consider the nonlinear Dirac equations (NLDE's) in 1+1 dimension with scalar-scalar self interaction $\frac{g^2}{\kappa+1} ({\bPsi} \Psi)^{\kappa+1}$ in the presence of various external electromagnetic fields. Starting from the exact…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-03-20 Franz G. Mertens , Niurka R. Quintero , Fred Cooper , Avinash Khare , Avadh Saxena

We consider a perturbed energy critical focusing Nonlinear Schr\"odinger Equation in three dimensions. We construct solitary wave solutions for focusing subcritical perturbations as well as defocusing supercritical perturbations. The…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-04-25 Matt Coles , Stephen Gustafson

We prove the existence of a new type of solutions to a nonlinear Schr\"odinger system. These solutions, which we call "multi-speeds solitary waves", are behaving at large time as a couple of scalar solitary waves traveling at different…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-05-17 Isabella Ianni , Stefan Le Coz

In this paper we establish existence and stability results concerning fully nontrivial solitary-wave solutions to 3-coupled nonlinear Schr\"odinger system \[ i\partial_t u_{j}+\partial_{xx}u_{j}+ \left(\sum_{k=1}^{3} a_{kj}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-10-12 Santosh Bhattarai

We discuss the (in)stability of solitary waves for a quasi-linear Schr{\"o}dinger equation. The equation contains a quasi-linear term, responsible for a saturation effect, as well as a power nonlinearity. For different exponents of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Meriem Bahhi , Jonas Lampart , Christian Klein , Simona Rota Nodari

In this paper we study a class of nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations which admit families of small solitary wave solutions. We consider solutions which are small in the energy space $H^1$, and decompose them into solitary wave and dispersive…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stephen Gustafson , Kenji Nakanishi , Tai-Peng Tsai

We consider the nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equation (NLSE) in 1+1 dimension with scalar-scalar self interaction $\frac{g^2}{\kappa+1} (\psi^\star \psi)^{\kappa+1}$ in the presence of the external forcing terms of the form $r e^{-i(kx +…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2013-05-30 Fred Cooper , Avinash Khare , Niurka R. Quintero , Franz G. Mertens , Avadh Saxena
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