Abstract
We numerically realize a breather gas for the focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation. This is done by building a random ensemble of N∼50 breathers via the Darboux transform recursive scheme in high-precision arithmetics. Three types of breather gases are synthesized according to the three prototypical spectral configurations corresponding the Akhmediev, Kuznetsov-Ma, and Peregrine breathers as elementary quasiparticles of the respective gases. The interaction properties of the constructed breather gases are investigated by propagating through them a "trial"generic (Tajiri-Watanabe) breather and comparing the mean propagation velocity with the predictions of the recently developed spectral kinetic theory [El and Tovbis, Phys. Rev. E 101, 052207 (2020)2470-004510.1103/PhysRevE.101.052207].
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 042205 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-13 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Physical Review E |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 9 Apr 2021 |
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| Publication status | Published - Apr 2021 |