Embedded solitons in the (2 + 1) -dimensional sine-Gordon equation

Wen Ye Zhong, Wei Ping Zhong, Milivoj R. Belić, Guofa Cai*

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Abstract

An effective and simple method to solve nonlinear evolution partial differential equations is the self-similarity transformation, in which one utilizes solutions of the known equation to find solutions of the unknown. In this paper, we employ an improved similarity transformation to transform the (2 + 1) -dimensional (D) sine-Gordon (SG) equation into the (1 + 1) -D SG equation and obtain non-rational solutions of the (2 + 1) -D SG equation by utilizing the known solutions of the (1 + 1) -D SG equation. Based on the solutions obtained, and with the help of special choices of the involved solution parameters, several localized structures of the (2 + 1) -D SG model are analyzed on a finite background, such as the embedded hourglass, split silo, dumbbell, and pie solitons. Their spatiotemporal profiles are displayed, and their properties are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1519-1526
Number of pages8
JournalNonlinear Dynamics
Volume100
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Solitons
  • Spatiotemporal non-rational soliton structures
  • The (2 + 1) -D sine-Gordon equation

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