Length scale competition in soliton bearing equations: A collective coordinate approach

Details Length scale competition in soliton bearing equations: A collective coordinate approach Length scale competition in soliton bearing equations: A collective coordinate approach

2004-11-15

arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0411037v1

Nonlinear Sciences

Pattern Formation and Solitons

5 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1876632

We study the phenomenon of length scale competition, an instability of solitons and other coherent structures that takes place when their size is of the same order of some characteristic scale of the system in which they propagate. Working on the framework of nonlinear Klein-Gordon models as a paradigmatic example, we show that this instability can be understood by means of a collective coordinate approach in terms of soliton position and width. As a consequence, we provide a quantitative, natural explanation of the phenomenon in much simpler terms than any previous treatment of the problem. Our technique allows to study the existence of length scale competition in most soliton bearing nonlinear models and can be extended to coherent structures with more degrees of freedom, such as breathers.

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