Solitons as Newtonian particles
- 15 July 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 28 (2) , 689-696
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.28.689
Abstract
The effect of external electromagnetic fields on nonrelativistic solitons is studied. Although the solitons are distorted by external fields, they still exhibit a Newtonian behavior. We give explicit examples of such a phenomenon, presenting solutions that exhibit Newtonian behavior for simple external fields.Keywords
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