Numerical inverse scattering transform for the defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation with box-type initial conditions on a nonzero background

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Main Authors: Gkogkou, Aikaterini, Prinari, Barbara, Trogdon, Thomas
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author Gkogkou, Aikaterini
Prinari, Barbara
Trogdon, Thomas
author_facet Gkogkou, Aikaterini
Prinari, Barbara
Trogdon, Thomas
contents We present a method to solve numerically the Cauchy problem for the defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation with a box-type initial condition (IC) having a nontrivial background of amplitude $q_o>0$ as $x\to \pm \infty$ by implementing numerically the corresponding Inverse Scattering Transform (IST). The Riemann--Hilbert problem associated to the inverse transform is solved numerically by means of appropriate contour deformations in the complex plane following the numerical implementation of the Deift-Zhou nonlinear steepest descent method. In this work, the box parameters are chosen so that there is no discrete spectrum (i.e., no solitons). The numerical method is demonstrated to be accurate within the two asymptotic regimes corresponding to two different regions of the $(x,t)$-plane depending on whether $|x/(2t)| < q_o$ or $|x/(2t)| > q_o$, as $t \to \infty$.
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spellingShingle Numerical inverse scattering transform for the defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation with box-type initial conditions on a nonzero background
Gkogkou, Aikaterini
Prinari, Barbara
Trogdon, Thomas
Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems
Numerical Analysis
35Q55, 37K15, 35Q15, 45E05
We present a method to solve numerically the Cauchy problem for the defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation with a box-type initial condition (IC) having a nontrivial background of amplitude $q_o>0$ as $x\to \pm \infty$ by implementing numerically the corresponding Inverse Scattering Transform (IST). The Riemann--Hilbert problem associated to the inverse transform is solved numerically by means of appropriate contour deformations in the complex plane following the numerical implementation of the Deift-Zhou nonlinear steepest descent method. In this work, the box parameters are chosen so that there is no discrete spectrum (i.e., no solitons). The numerical method is demonstrated to be accurate within the two asymptotic regimes corresponding to two different regions of the $(x,t)$-plane depending on whether $|x/(2t)| < q_o$ or $|x/(2t)| > q_o$, as $t \to \infty$.
title Numerical inverse scattering transform for the defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation with box-type initial conditions on a nonzero background
topic Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems
Numerical Analysis
35Q55, 37K15, 35Q15, 45E05
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.19703