Nonlinear Sciences – Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems
Scientific paper
2011-02-17
Physica D 240 (2011) 1378-1394
Nonlinear Sciences
Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems
33 pages, 20 figures (slightly revised with references added and typos corrected)
Scientific paper
Interaction properties of complex solitons are studied for the two U(1)-invariant integrable generalizations of the mKdV equation, given by the Hirota equation and the Sasa-Satsuma equation, which share the same travelling wave (single-soliton) solution having a {\em sech} profile characterized by a constant speed and a constant phase angle. For both equations, nonlinear interactions where a fast soliton collides with a slow soliton are shown to be described by 2-soliton solutions that can have three different types of interaction profiles depending on the speed ratio and the relative phase angle of the individual solitons. In all cases the shapes and speeds of the solitons are found to be preserved apart from a shift in position such that their center of momentum moves at a constant speed. Moreover, for the Hirota equation, the phase angles of the fast and slow solitons are found to remain unchanged, while for the Sasa-Satsuma equation, the phase angles are shown to undergo a shift such that the relative phase between the fast and slow solitons changes sign.
Anco Stephen C.
Ngatat Nestor Tchegoum
Willoughby Mark
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