Integrability properties and multi-kink solutions of a generalised Fokker-Planck equation

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Main Authors: Giglio, Francesco, Landolfi, Giulio, Martina, Luigi, Zingarofalo, Andrea
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Published: 2024
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author Giglio, Francesco
Landolfi, Giulio
Martina, Luigi
Zingarofalo, Andrea
author_facet Giglio, Francesco
Landolfi, Giulio
Martina, Luigi
Zingarofalo, Andrea
contents We analyse a generalised Fokker-Planck equation by making essential use of its linearisability through a Cole-Hopf transformation. We determine solutions of travelling wave and multi-kink type by resorting to a geometric construction in the regime of small viscosity. The resulting asymptotic solutions are time-dependent Heaviside step functions representing classical (viscous) shock waves. As a result, line segments in the space of independent variables arise as resonance conditions of exponentials and represent shock trajectories. We then discuss fusion and fission dynamics exhibited by the multi-kinks by drawing parallels in terms of shock collisions and scattering processes between particles, which preserve total mass and momentum. Finally, we propose Bäcklund transformations and examine their action on the solutions to the equation under study.
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spellingShingle Integrability properties and multi-kink solutions of a generalised Fokker-Planck equation
Giglio, Francesco
Landolfi, Giulio
Martina, Luigi
Zingarofalo, Andrea
Mathematical Physics
Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems
We analyse a generalised Fokker-Planck equation by making essential use of its linearisability through a Cole-Hopf transformation. We determine solutions of travelling wave and multi-kink type by resorting to a geometric construction in the regime of small viscosity. The resulting asymptotic solutions are time-dependent Heaviside step functions representing classical (viscous) shock waves. As a result, line segments in the space of independent variables arise as resonance conditions of exponentials and represent shock trajectories. We then discuss fusion and fission dynamics exhibited by the multi-kinks by drawing parallels in terms of shock collisions and scattering processes between particles, which preserve total mass and momentum. Finally, we propose Bäcklund transformations and examine their action on the solutions to the equation under study.
title Integrability properties and multi-kink solutions of a generalised Fokker-Planck equation
topic Mathematical Physics
Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.21852