Phonons scattering off discrete asymmetric solitons in the absence of a Peierls-Nabarro potential

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Auteurs principaux: Saadatmand, Danial, Marjaneh, Aliakbar Moradi, Askari, Alidad, Weigel, Herbert
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author Saadatmand, Danial
Marjaneh, Aliakbar Moradi
Askari, Alidad
Weigel, Herbert
author_facet Saadatmand, Danial
Marjaneh, Aliakbar Moradi
Askari, Alidad
Weigel, Herbert
contents We analyze the interaction of lattice vibrations (phonon wave-packets) with an asymmetric kink soliton initially at rest. We employ the $ϕ^6$ model in one space and one time dimensions for various lattice spacings and consider two different discretization prescriptions for the field potential that do not generate Peierls-Nabarro potentials, i.e. the kink can be placed anywhere along the lattice beyond discrete translational invariance. Since the $ϕ^6$ model kink is neither symmetric nor anti-symmetric under spatial reflections we simulate the cases where the wave-packet approaches the kink from negative or positive spatial infinity. We extract the energy transmission and reflection coefficients as functions of the central frequency of the phonon wave-packet for the different lattice spacings. For large lattice spacings the wave-packet is always fully reflected while for smaller spacing the amount of reflection and transmission depends on the central frequency. We also identify scenarios in which the target kink acquires a non-zero velocity from its interaction with the wave-packet.
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spellingShingle Phonons scattering off discrete asymmetric solitons in the absence of a Peierls-Nabarro potential
Saadatmand, Danial
Marjaneh, Aliakbar Moradi
Askari, Alidad
Weigel, Herbert
Pattern Formation and Solitons
High Energy Physics - Theory
We analyze the interaction of lattice vibrations (phonon wave-packets) with an asymmetric kink soliton initially at rest. We employ the $ϕ^6$ model in one space and one time dimensions for various lattice spacings and consider two different discretization prescriptions for the field potential that do not generate Peierls-Nabarro potentials, i.e. the kink can be placed anywhere along the lattice beyond discrete translational invariance. Since the $ϕ^6$ model kink is neither symmetric nor anti-symmetric under spatial reflections we simulate the cases where the wave-packet approaches the kink from negative or positive spatial infinity. We extract the energy transmission and reflection coefficients as functions of the central frequency of the phonon wave-packet for the different lattice spacings. For large lattice spacings the wave-packet is always fully reflected while for smaller spacing the amount of reflection and transmission depends on the central frequency. We also identify scenarios in which the target kink acquires a non-zero velocity from its interaction with the wave-packet.
title Phonons scattering off discrete asymmetric solitons in the absence of a Peierls-Nabarro potential
topic Pattern Formation and Solitons
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.02322