Soliton dynamics and elastic collisions in a spin chain with an external time-dependent magnetic field

In this paper, we investigate the nonlinear dynamics of a Heisenberg spin chain with an external time-oscillating magnetic field. Such dynamics can be described by a Landau-Lifshitz-type equation. We apply the Darboux transformation method to the linear eigen-value problem associated with this equation, and obtain the multi-soliton Solution with a purely algebraic iterative procedure. Through the analytical analysis and graphical illustrations for the Solutions obtained, we discuss in detail the effects of an external magnetic field on the nonlinear wave. Under the action of an external field, although the amplitude, width and depth of soliton vary periodically with time and its symmetry property is changeable, the soliton can also propagate stably and it possesses particle-like behavior. Crown Copyright (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.