SPONTANEOUS TRANSITION FROM FLAT TO SPHERICAL SOLITONS

被引:20
作者
FRYCZ, P
INFELD, E
SAMSON, JC
机构
[1] UNIV LONDON UNIV COLL,DEPT CIVIL ENGN,LONDON WC1E 6BT,ENGLAND
[2] SOLTAN INST,PL-00681 WARSAW,POLAND
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.1057
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
This Letter reports on numerical simulations showing exact, flat soliton solutions to a physical equation (that of Zakharov and Kuznetsov) breaking up into spherical solitons. Depending on the size of the box in which calculations are performed, the breakup can be either direct or via an intermediate, cylindrical soliton stage.
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页码:1057 / 1060
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