Propagation and collision of compacton-like kinks in Klein—Gordon lattice system
Xia Qing-Lin (夏庆林)a, Yi Jian-Hong (易健宏)ab, Li Li-Ya (李丽娅)a, Peng Yuan-Dong (彭元东)a
a School of Physics Science and Technology and State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China; b Department of Materials, Oxford University, Parks Road, Oxford QXI 3PH, UK
Abstract We study the propagation and collision of the compacton-like kinks in the system of an anharmonic lattice with a double well on-site potential by a direct algebraic method and numerical experiments. It is found that the localization of the compacton-like kinks is related to the nonlinear coupling parameter Cnl and the potential barrier height V0 of the double well potential. The velocity of the propagation of the compacton-like kinks is determined by the linear coupling parameter Cl , the nonlinear coupling parameter Cnl and the localization parameter q. Numerical experiments demonstrate that appropriate Cl is not detrimental to a stable propagation of the compacton-like kinks. However, the collision of compacton-like kinks and anti-kinks in the lattice with comparatively small Cl leads to the emergence of a discrete stationary breather and small amplitude nonlinear oscillation background, while moderate Cl results in the emergence of two deformed kinks with radiating oscillations and lower propagation velocities.
Received: 04 August 2004
Revised: 27 September 2004
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Fund: Project supported by the Nature Science Foundation of Hunan Province (Grant No 02JJY2079) and the Youth Foundation of School of Physics Science and Technology of Central South University.
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Xia Qing-Lin (夏庆林), Yi Jian-Hong (易健宏), Li Li-Ya (李丽娅), Peng Yuan-Dong (彭元东) Propagation and collision of compacton-like kinks in Klein—Gordon lattice system 2005 Chinese Physics 14 571
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