Compacton solutions in a class of generalized fifth-order Korteweg--de Vries equations
Solitons play a fundamental role in the evolution of general initial data for quasilinear dispersive partial differential equations, such as the Korteweg--de Vries (KdV), nonlinear Schroedinger, and the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equations. These integrable equations have linear dispersion and the solitons have infinite support. We have derived and investigate a new KdV-like Hamiltonian partial differential equation from a four-parameter Lagrangian where the nonlinear dispersion gives rise to solitons with compact support (compactons). The new equation does not seem to be integrable and only mass, momentum, and energy seem to be conserved; yet, the solitons display almost the same modal decompositions and structural stability observed in integrable partial differential equations. The compactons formed from arbitrary initial data, are nonlinearly self-stabilizing, and maintain their coherence after multiple collisions. The robustness of these compactons and the inapplicability of the inverse scattering tools, that worked so well for the KdV equation, make it clear that there is a fundamental mechanism underlying the processes beyond integrability. We have found explicit formulas for multiple classes of compact traveling wave solutions. When there are more than one compacton solution for a particular set of parameters, the wider compacton is the minimum of a reduced Hamiltonian and is the only one that is stable.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- KC-07-01-01; W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 40277019
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review E, Vol. 64, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.64.026608; Othernumber: PLEEE8000064000002026608000001; 004103PRE; PBD: Aug 2001; ISSN 1063-651X
- Publisher:
- The American Physical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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