A direct perturbation theory for solitons of the derivative nonlinear Schrödinger (DNLS) equation is developed based on a closure of eigenfunctions of the linearized DNLS equation around a one-soliton solution. The slow evolution of soliton parameters and the perturbation-induced radiation are obtained. Under the known simple gaugelike transformation, these results are transformed into those fo...

The propagation and controlled manipulation of strongly nonlinear, two-dimensional solitonic states in a thin, anisotropic ferromagnet are theoretically demonstrated. It has been recently proposed that spin-polarized currents in a nanocontact device could be used to nucleate a stationary dissipative droplet soliton. Here, an external magnetic field is introduced to accelerate and control the pr...

As an application of Hirota bilinear method, perturbation expansion truncated at different levels is used to obtain exact soliton solutions to (2+1)-dimensional nonlinear evolution equation in much simpler way in comparison to other existing methods. We have derived bilinear form of nonlinear evolution equation and using this bilinear form, bilinear Backlund transformations and construction of ...

We find the probability distribution of the fluctuating parameters of a soliton propagating through a medium with additive noise. Our method is a modification of the instanton formalism (method of optimal fluctuation) based on a saddle-point approximation in the path integral. We first solve consistently a fundamental problem of soliton propagation within the framework of noisy nonlinear Schröd...

DARK-BRIGHT SOLITONS AND VORTICES IN BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES MAY 2014 DONG YAN B.S., ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY, CHINA M.S., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST Ph.D., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST Directed by: Professor Panayotis G. Kevrekidis This dissertation focuses on the properties of nonlinear waves in Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs). The fundamental model here is the nonlinear Schrödi...

An integrable theory is developed for the perturbation equations engendered from small disturbances of solutions. It includes various integrable properties of the perturbation equations, such as hereditary recursion operators, master symmetries, linear representations (Lax and zero curvature representations) and Hamiltonian structures, and provides us with a method of generating hereditary oper...

An integrable theory is developed for the perturbation equations engendered from small disturbances of solutions. It includes various integrable properties of the perturbation equations: hereditary recursion operators, master symmetries, linear representations (Lax and zero curvature representations) and Hamiltonian structures etc. and provides us a method to generate hereditary operators, Hami...

Evolution of perturbed embedded solitons in the general Hamiltonian fifth-order Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) equation is studied. When an embedded soliton is perturbed, it sheds a one-directional continuous-wave radiation. It is shown that the radiation amplitude is not minimal in general. A dynamical equation for velocity of the perturbed embedded soliton is derived. This equation shows that a neut...

The compound Korteweg de-Vries (cKdV) equation that is going to be studied in this paper arises is in the study of nonlinear waves in fluids. In particular, it shows up in the context of internal gravity waves in a density-stratified ocean. A very common tool for describing these processes is the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation and its modifications that are valid for small nonlinearity. But, ...

The Mathieu partial differential equation (PDE) is analyzed as a prototypical model for pattern formation due to parametric resonance. After averaging and scaling, it is shown to be a perturbed nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLS). Adiabatic perturbation theory for solitons is applied to determine which solitons of the NLS survive the perturbation due to damping and parametric forcing. Numerica...