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Dynamics of sine-Gordon kinks in the presence of rapidly varying periodic perturbations of different physical origins is described analytically and numerically. The analytical approach is based on asymptotic expansions, and it allows to…

Kink dynamics in spatially discrete nonlinear Klein-Gordon systems is considered. For special choices of the substrate potential, such systems support continuous translation orbits of static kinks with no (classical) Peierls-Nabarro…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 J. M. Speight

We study the dynamics of magnetic domain walls in the Peierls potential due to the discreteness of the crystal lattice. The propagation of a narrow domain wall (comparable to the lattice parameter) under the effect of a magnetic field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-11-18 F. J. Buijnsters , A. Fasolino , M. I. Katsnelson

The spatiotemporal dynamics of a damped sine-Gordon chain with sinusoidal nearest-neighbor couplings driven by a constant uniform force are discussed. The velocity characteristics of the chain versus the external force is shown. Dynamics in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-30 Zhigang Zheng , Bambi Hu , Gang Hu

Dynamics of sine-Gordon kinks in the presence of rapidly varying periodic perturbations of different physical origins is described analytically and numerically. The analytical approach is based on asymptotic expansions, and it allows to…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 Yuri S. Kivshar , Niels Grønbech-Jensen , Robert D. Parmentier

In this paper, we numerically study the scattering of kinks in the noncanonical sine-Gordon model using Fourier spectral methods. The model depends on two free parameters, which control the localized inner structure in the energy density…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-03-08 I. Takyi , B. Barnes , H. M. Tornyeviadzi , J. Ackora-Prah

The behavior of the kink in the sine-Gordon (sG) model in the presence of periodic inhomogeneity is studied. An ansatz is proposed that allows for the construction of a reliable effective model with two degrees of freedom. Effective models…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2025-02-14 Tomasz Dobrowolski , Jacek Gatlik , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis

We study the equilibria of a self-gravitating scalar field in the region outside a reflecting barrier. By introducing a potential difference between the barrier and infinity, we create a kink which cannot decay to a zero energy state. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 W. Barreto , R. Gomez , L. Lehner , J. Winicour

Kinks (or domain walls) are localized transitions between distinct ground states associated with a topological invariant, and are central to many phenomena across physics, from condensed matter to cosmology. While phonon (i.e.,…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2025-02-25 Kai Qian , Nan Cheng , Francesco Serafin , Kai Sun , Georgios Theocharis , Xiaoming Mao , Nicholas Boechler

We consider static solutions of the sine-Gordon theory defined on a cylinder, which can be either periodic or quasi-periodic in space. They are described by the different modes of a simple pendulum moving in an inverted effective potential…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 I. Bakas , C. Sourdis

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 construct a modified non-BPS sine-Gordon theory which supports stable static kinks of arbitrary topological degree $N$. We use this toy model to study problems which are interesting for higher-dimensional soliton theories supporting…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-11-30 Chris Halcrow , Renjan Rajan John , Anusree N

The problem of stability and spectrum of linear excitations of a soliton (kink) of the dispersive sine-Gordon and $\varphi^4$ - equations is solved exactly. It is shown that the total spectrum consists of a discrete set of frequencies of…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2020-07-03 O. V. Charkina , M. M. Bogdan

It is demonstrated that the breather solutions recently discovered in the weakly coupled topological discrete sine-Gordon system are spectrally unstable. This is in contrast with more conventional spatially discrete systems, whose breathers…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-12 J. M. Speight

We consider kink-antikink collisions in the topological discrete sine-Gordon system. We find that the TDSG kink supports extra internal modes of vibration and this results in resonance effects of the kind seen for the continuum phi^4…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2007-05-23 V. Kotecha

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…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2014-11-06 Danial Saadatmand , Sergey V. Dmitriev , Denis I. Borisov , P. G. Kevrekidis

We consider the propagation of sine-Gordon kinks in a planar curved strip as a model of nonlinear wave propagation in curved wave guides. The homogeneous Neumann transverse boundary conditions, in the curvilinear coordinates, allow to…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Gorria , Yu. B. Gaididei , M. P. Soerensen , P. L. Christiansen , J. G. Caputo

We consider the reflectionless transport of sine-Gordon solitons on a line. Transparent boundary conditions for the sine-Gordon equation on a line are derived using the so-called potential approach. Our numerical implementation of these…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2020-11-30 K. K. Sabirov , J. R. Yusupov , M. Ehrhardt , D. U. Matrasulov

A discrete Klein-Gordon model with asymmetric potential that supports kinks free of the Peierls-Nabarro potential (PNp) is constructed. Undamped ratchet of kinks under harmonic AC driving force is investigated in this model numerically and…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-10 Sergey V. Dmitriev , Avinash Khare , Sergey V. Suchkov

A system consisting of a point material particle and a scalar field described by the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation has been considered. It has been shown that, when taking into account relativistic effects, in the case of small rest…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2019-07-09 R. K. Salimov , E. G. Ekomasov