Stability of Breathers for a Periodic Klein-Gordon Equation

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Autores principales: Chirilus-Bruckner, Martina, Cuevas-Maraver, Jesús, Kevrekidis, Panayotis G.
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Publicado: 2024
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author Chirilus-Bruckner, Martina
Cuevas-Maraver, Jesús
Kevrekidis, Panayotis G.
author_facet Chirilus-Bruckner, Martina
Cuevas-Maraver, Jesús
Kevrekidis, Panayotis G.
contents The existence of breather type solutions, i.e., periodic in time, exponentially localized in space solutions, is a very unusual feature for continuum, nonlinear wave type equations. Following an earlier work [Comm. Math. Phys. {\bf 302}, 815-841 (2011)], establishing a theorem for the existence of such structures, we bring to bear a combination of analysis-inspired numerical tools that permit the construction of such wave forms to a desired numerical accuracy. In addition, this enables us to explore their numerical stability. Our computations show that for the spatially heterogeneous form of the $ϕ^4$ model considered herein, the breather solutions are generically found to be unstable. Their instability seems to generically favor the motion of the relevant structures. We expect that these results may inspire further studies towards the identification of stable continuous breathers in spatially-heterogeneous, continuum nonlinear wave equation models.
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spellingShingle Stability of Breathers for a Periodic Klein-Gordon Equation
Chirilus-Bruckner, Martina
Cuevas-Maraver, Jesús
Kevrekidis, Panayotis G.
Pattern Formation and Solitons
The existence of breather type solutions, i.e., periodic in time, exponentially localized in space solutions, is a very unusual feature for continuum, nonlinear wave type equations. Following an earlier work [Comm. Math. Phys. {\bf 302}, 815-841 (2011)], establishing a theorem for the existence of such structures, we bring to bear a combination of analysis-inspired numerical tools that permit the construction of such wave forms to a desired numerical accuracy. In addition, this enables us to explore their numerical stability. Our computations show that for the spatially heterogeneous form of the $ϕ^4$ model considered herein, the breather solutions are generically found to be unstable. Their instability seems to generically favor the motion of the relevant structures. We expect that these results may inspire further studies towards the identification of stable continuous breathers in spatially-heterogeneous, continuum nonlinear wave equation models.
title Stability of Breathers for a Periodic Klein-Gordon Equation
topic Pattern Formation and Solitons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.10766