Soliton Motion in the Case of a Nonzero Reflection Coefficient
Author(s) -
Luis Martı́nez Alonso
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
physical review letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688
H-Index - 673
eISSN - 1079-7114
pISSN - 0031-9007
DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.54.499
Subject(s) - physics , soliton , sine gordon equation , korteweg–de vries equation , reflection (computer programming) , reflection coefficient , motion (physics) , nonlinear system , scattering , component (thermodynamics) , mathematical physics , quantum electrodynamics , position (finance) , equations of motion , classical mechanics , inverse scattering transform , mathematical analysis , quantum mechanics , scattering theory , optics , mathematics , finance , computer science , economics , programming language
A method is given for finding the shifts in position of the solitons for the case of nonzero reflection coefficient. Expressions for boost generators in terms of scattering data play a prominent role in the analysis. Phase-shift formulas which show the effect of the radiation component on the soliton motion are deduced for the nonlinear Schrodinger equation, the Korteweg —de Vries equation, and the sine-Gordon equation
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