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arXiv · 1710.05108

Solitons and breathers for nonisospectral mKdV equation with Darboux transformation

Abstract

Under investigation in this paper is the nonisospectral and variable coefficients modified Kortweg-de Vries (vc-mKdV) equation, which manifests in diverse areas of physics such as fluid dynamics, ion acoustic solitons and plasma mechanics. With the degrees of restriction reduced, a simplified constraint is introduced, under which the vc-mKdV equation is an integrable system and the spectral flow is time-varying. The Darboux transformation for such equation is constructed, which gives rise to the generation of variable kinds of solutions including the double-breather coherent structure, periodical soliton-breather and localized solitons and breathers. In addition, the effect of variable coefficients and initial phases is discussed in terms of the soliton amplitude, polarity, velocity and width, which might provide feasible soliton management with certain conditions taken into account.

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Ling-Jun Liu, Xin Yu. 2017-10-14. Solitons and breathers for nonisospectral mKdV equation with Darboux transformation. https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.05108

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