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Analytical properties and numerical solutions of the derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Silvina Ponce Dawson  and
Constantino Ferro Fontán
Silvina Ponce Dawson
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astronomíay Física del Espacio, C.C. 67 Suc. 28 (1428), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Constantino Ferro Fontán
Affiliation:
Programa de Investigaciones Teóricas y Experimentales en Física del Plasma, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, (1428) Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Abstract

From the analysis of the symmetries of the derivative nonlinear Schrödinger (DNLS) equation, we obtain a new constant of motion, which may be formally considered as a charge and which is related to the helicity of the physical System. From comparison of these symmetries and those of the soliton solutions, we draw conclusions about the number of constraints that must be imposed and the way a Liapunov functional must be constructed in order to study the solitons' stability. We also examine the relationship between the stability with respect to form and the symmetries that are broken by the soliton solutions. We complete the analysis with some numerical simulations: we solve the DNLS equation taking a slightly perturbed soliton as an initial condition and study its temporal evolution, finding that, as expected, they are stable with respect to form.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 40 , Issue 3 , December 1988 , pp. 585 - 602
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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