Nonlinear Sciences – Pattern Formation and Solitons
Scientific paper
2006-10-04
Nonlinear Sciences
Pattern Formation and Solitons
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.2645141
Upon initial excitation of a few normal modes the energy distribution among all modes of a nonlinear atomic chain (the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam model) exhibits exponential localization on large time scales. At the same time resonant anomalies (peaks) are observed in its weakly excited tail for long times preceding equipartition. We observe a similar resonant tail structure also for exact time-periodic Lyapunov orbits, coined q-breathers due to their exponential localization in modal space. We give a simple explanation for this structure in terms of superharmonic resonances. The resonance analysis agrees very well with numerical results and has predictive power. We extend a previously developed perturbation method, based essentially on a Poincare-Lindstedt scheme, in order to account for these resonances, and in order to treat more general model cases, including truncated Toda potentials. Our results give qualitative and semiquantitative account for the superharmonic resonances of q-breathers and natural packets.
Flach Sergej
Penati Tiziano
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