Kink–antikink stripe interactions in the two-dimensional sine–Gordon equation

R. Carretero-González; L.A. Cisneros-Ake; R. Decker; G.N. Koutsokostas; D.J. Frantzeskakis; P.G. Kevrekidis; D.J. Ratliff

doi:10.1016/j.cnsns.2021.106123

Kink–antikink stripe interactions in the two-dimensional sine–Gordon equation

R. Carretero-González^*, L.A. Cisneros-Ake, R. Decker, G.N. Koutsokostas, D.J. Frantzeskakis, P.G. Kevrekidis, D.J. Ratliff

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Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering

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The main focus of the present work is to study quasi-one-dimensional kink–antikink stripes embedded in the two-dimensional sine–Gordon equation. Using variational techniques, we reduce the interaction dynamics between a kink and an antikink stripe on their respective time and space dependent widths and locations. The resulting reduced system of coupled equations is found to accurately describe the width and undulation dynamics of a single kink stripe as well as that of two interacting ones. As an aside, we also discuss two related topics: the computational identification of the kink center and its numerical implications and alternative perturbative and multiple scales approaches to the transverse direction induced dynamics for a single kink stripe in the two-dimensional realm.

Original language	English
Article number	106123
Number of pages	24
Journal	Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation
Volume	109
Early online date	21 Feb 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnsns.2021.106123
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2022

Keywords

Sine–Gordon equation
Kink and anti-kinks
Kink stripes
Variational approximation

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