On the Existence of Generalized Breathers and Transition Fronts in Time-Periodic Nonlinear Lattices

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Main Authors: Chong, Christopher, Pelinovsky, Dmitry E., Schneider, Guido
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author Chong, Christopher
Pelinovsky, Dmitry E.
Schneider, Guido
author_facet Chong, Christopher
Pelinovsky, Dmitry E.
Schneider, Guido
contents We prove the existence of a class of time-localized and space-periodic breathers (called q-gap breathers) in nonlinear lattices with time-periodic coefficients. These q-gap breathers are the counterparts to the classical space-localized and time-periodic breathers found in space-periodic systems. Using normal form transformations, we establish rigorously the existence of such solutions with oscillating tails (in the time domain) that can be made arbitrarily small, but finite. Due to the presence of the oscillating tails, these solutions are coined generalized q-gap breathers. Using a multiple-scale analysis, we also derive a tractable amplitude equation that describes the dynamics of breathers in the limit of small amplitude. In the presence of damping, we demonstrate the existence of transition fronts that connect the trivial state to the time-periodic ones. The analytical results are corroborated by systematic numerical simulations.
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spellingShingle On the Existence of Generalized Breathers and Transition Fronts in Time-Periodic Nonlinear Lattices
Chong, Christopher
Pelinovsky, Dmitry E.
Schneider, Guido
Pattern Formation and Solitons
We prove the existence of a class of time-localized and space-periodic breathers (called q-gap breathers) in nonlinear lattices with time-periodic coefficients. These q-gap breathers are the counterparts to the classical space-localized and time-periodic breathers found in space-periodic systems. Using normal form transformations, we establish rigorously the existence of such solutions with oscillating tails (in the time domain) that can be made arbitrarily small, but finite. Due to the presence of the oscillating tails, these solutions are coined generalized q-gap breathers. Using a multiple-scale analysis, we also derive a tractable amplitude equation that describes the dynamics of breathers in the limit of small amplitude. In the presence of damping, we demonstrate the existence of transition fronts that connect the trivial state to the time-periodic ones. The analytical results are corroborated by systematic numerical simulations.
title On the Existence of Generalized Breathers and Transition Fronts in Time-Periodic Nonlinear Lattices
topic Pattern Formation and Solitons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.15621