Wave energy localization by self-focusing in large molecular structures: a damped stochastic discrete nonlinear Schroedinger equation model

Details Wave energy localization by self-focusing in large molecular structures: a damped stochastic discrete nonlinear Schroedinger equation model Wave energy localization by self-focusing in large molecular structures: a damped stochastic discrete nonlinear Schroedinger equation model

2006-01-06

arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0601017v1

Nonlinear Sciences

Pattern Formation and Solitons

22 pages, 13 figures, revision of talk at FPU+50 conference in Rouen, June 2005

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.physd.2006.08.024

Wave self-focusing in molecular systems subject to thermal effects, such as thin molecular films and long biomolecules, can be modeled by stochastic versions of the Discrete Self-Trapping equation of Eilbeck, Lomdahl and Scott, and this can be approximated by continuum limits in the form of stochastic nonlinear Schroedinger equations. Previous studies directed at the SNLS approximations have indicated that the self-focusing of wave energy to highly localized states can be inhibited by phase noise (modeling thermal effects) and can be restored by phase damping (modeling heat radiation). We show that the continuum limit is probably ill-posed in the presence of spatially uncorrelated noise, at least with little or no damping, so that discrete models need to be addressed directly. Also, as has been noted by other authors, omission of damping produces highly unphysical results. Numerical results are presented for the first time for the discrete models including the highly nonlinear damping term, and new numerical methods are introduced for this purpose. Previous conjectures are in general confirmed, and the damping is shown to strongly stabilize the highly localized states of the discrete models. It appears that the previously noted inhibition of nonlinear wave phenomena by noise is an artifact of modeling that includes the effects of heat, but not of heat loss.

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