Kink dynamics in a novel discrete sine-Gordon system
- 1 March 1994
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Nonlinearity
- Vol. 7 (2) , 475-484
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0951-7715/7/2/009
Abstract
A spatially-discrete sine-Gordon system with some novel features is described. There is a topological or Bogomol'nyi lower bound on the energy of a kink, and an explicit static kink which saturates this bound. There is no Peierls potential barrier, and consequently the motion of a kink is simpler, especially at low speeds. At higher speeds, it radiates and slows down.Keywords
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