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Wave instabilities in the presence of non vanishing background in nonlinear Schrodinger systems.


ABSTRACT: We investigate wave collapse ruled by the generalized nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation in 1+1 dimensions, for localized excitations with non-zero background, establishing through virial identities a new criterion for blow-up. When collapse is arrested, a semiclassical approach allows us to show that the system can favor the formation of dispersive shock waves. The general findings are illustrated with a model of interest to both classical and quantum physics (cubic-quintic NLS equation), demonstrating a radically novel scenario of instability, where solitons identify a marginal condition between blow-up and occurrence of shock waves, triggered by arbitrarily small mass perturbations of different sign.

SUBMITTER: Trillo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4252897 | biostudies-other | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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