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We study the orbital instability of solitary waves for a generalized derivative nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation. We give sufficient conditions for instability of a two-parameter family of solitary waves in a degenerate case.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-03-28 Noriyoshi Fukaya

The focussing anisotropic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation \begin{align*} \mathrm{i} u_t-\partial_{xx} u + (-\partial_{yy})^s u=|u|^{p-2}u \quad \mbox{in}\ \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R}^2 \end{align*} is considered for $0<s<1$ and $p>2$.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-03-07 Tianxiang Gou , Hichem Hajaiej , Atanas G. Stefanov

We study the stability theory of solitary wave solutions for the generalized derivative nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation $$ i\partial_{t}u+\partial_{x}^{2}u+i|u|^{2\sigma}\partial_x u=0. $$ The equation has a two-parameter family of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-03-22 Zihua Guo , Cui Ning , Yifei Wu

The present paper is a numerical study of the dynamics of solitary wave solutions of the fractional nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation, whose existence was analyzed by the authors in the first part of the project. The computational study…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-04 Angel Durán , Nuria Reguera

In this paper, we present new results regarding the orbital stability of solitary standing waves for the general fourth-order Schr\"odinger equation with mixed dispersion. The existence of solitary waves can be determined both as minimizers…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-02 Handan Borluk , Gulcin M. Muslu , Fábio Natali

We study collective phenomena of self-propagating particles using the nonlinear Kramers equation. A solitary wave state appears from an instability of the spatially uniform ordered state with nonzero average velocity. Two solitary waves…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-11-22 Hidetsugu Sakaguchi , Kazuya Ishibashi

We review asymptotic stability of solitary waves for nonlinear dispersive equations set on the line. Our focus is threefold: first, the nonlinear Schrodinger equation; second, the notion of full asymptotic stability (which states that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-08 Pierre Germain

In this paper, we characterize a family of solitary waves for NLS with derivative (DNLS) by the structue analysis and the variational argument. Since (DNLS) doesn't enjoy the Galilean invariance any more, the structure analysis here is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-06-12 Changxing Miao , Xingdong Tang , Guixiang Xu

Conventionally, bright solitary wave solutions can be obtained in self-focusing nonlinear Schrodinger equations with attractive self-interaction. However, when self-interaction becomes repulsive, it seems impossible to have bright solitary…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-11-11 Tai-Chia Lin , Juncheng Wei

We analyze dynamical properties of the logarithmic Schr{\"o}dinger equation under a quadratic potential. The sign of the nonlinearity is such that it is known that in the absence of external potential, every solution is dispersive, with a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-12-04 Rémi Carles , Guillaume Ferriere

We study solitary wave solutions of the higher order nonlinear Schrodinger equation for the propagation of short light pulses in an optical fiber. Using a scaling transformation we reduce the equation to a two-parameter canonical form.…

patt-sol · Physics 2009-10-30 M. Gedalin , T. C. Scott , Y. B. Band

In this paper, a nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with an attractive (focusing) delta potential and a repulsive (defocusing) double power nonlinearity in one spatial dimension is considered. It is shown, via explicit construction, that both…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-07-24 Jaime Angulo Pava , César A. Hernández Melo , Ramón G. Plaza

Soliton motion in some external potentials is studied using the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation. Solitons are scattered by a potential wall. Solitons propagate almost freely or are trapped in a periodic potential. The critical kinetic…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-10 H. Sakaguchi , M. Tamura

It has been found a simple procedure for the general solution of the time-independent Schr\"odinger equation (SE) with the help of quantization of potential area in one dimension without making any approximation. Energy values are not…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-12-05 Hasan Hüseyin Erbil

We obtain a travelling-wave solution of a generalised nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with an additional term of the form $\Gamma(\psi(x,t)) = \lambda \psi(x,t)^q$, where $\lambda$ and $q$ are real constants. Moreover, we show that the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2019-12-02 M. A. Rego-Monteiro

The long-time asymptotics is analyzed for finite energy solutions of the 1D Schr\"odinger equation coupled to a nonlinear oscillator. The coupled system is invariant with respect to the phase rotation group U(1). For initial states close to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. Buslaev , A. Komech , E. Kopylova , D. Stuart

We consider the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation in $\R^d$. We call multi-solitary waves a solution behaving at large time as a sum of boosted standing waves. Our main result is the existence of such multi-solitary waves, provided the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-10-01 Jacopo Bellazzini , Marco Ghimenti , Stefan Le Coz

Orbital stability property for weakly coupled nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations is investigated. Different families of orbitally stable standing waves solutions will be found, generated by different classes of solutions of the associated…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-10-26 Liliane Maia , Eugenio Montefusco , Benedetta Pellacci

In this paper we study dynamics of solitons in the generalized nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS) with an external potential in all dimensions except for 2. For a certain class of nonlinearities such an equation has solutions which are…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Zhou Gang , I. M. Sigal

We consider the nonlinear magnetic Schr\"odinger equation for $ u: \mathbb{R}^3 \times \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{C} $, \[ iu_t = (i \nabla + A)^2 u + V u + g(u), u(x,0) = u_0(x),\] where $ A :\mathbb{R}^3 \to \mathbb{R}^3 $ is the magnetic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-12-02 Eva Koo