Nonlinear waves in a dispersive vacuum described with a high order derivative electromagnetic Lagrangian

Interaction of high-order solitons with external dispersive waves.

The effect of mutual interaction between second-order soliton and dispersive waves (DWs) is investigated. It is predicted analytically and confirmed numerically that DWs (both transmitted and reflected components) become polychromatic after interaction with the soliton. Collision with DWs of considerable intensity can lead to acceleration/deceleration and central frequency shift of the soliton,...

On Nonlinear Water Waves in a Channel

Nonlinear Dispersive Waves on Trees

We investigate the well-posedness of a class of nonlinear dispersive waves on trees, in connection with the mathematical modeling of the human cardiovascular system. Specifically, we study the Benjamin-Bona-Mahony (BBM) equation, also known as the regularized long wave equation, posed on finite trees, together with standard junction and terminal boundary conditions. We prove that the Cauchy pro...

Energy-Momentum Tensors for Dispersive Electromagnetic Waves

Classical relativistic field theory is used as a basis for a general discussion of the problem of splitting up the total energy-momentum tensor ofa system into contributions from its component subsystems. Both the Minkowski and Abraham forms (including electrostriction) arise naturally in alternative split-up procedures applied to a nondispersive dielectric fluid. The case of an electromagnetic...

High-order non-reflecting boundary conditions for dispersive waves

Problems of linear time-dependent dispersive waves in an unbounded domain are considered. The infinite domain is truncated via an artificial boundary B, and a high-order non-reflecting boundary condition (NRBC) is imposed on B. Then the problem is solved by a finite difference (FD) scheme in the finite domain bounded by B. The sequence of NRBCs proposed by Higdon is used. However, in contrast t...