Discrete breathers—advances in theory and applications

S Flach, AV Gorbach - Physics Reports, 2008 - Elsevier
Nonlinear classical Hamiltonian lattices exhibit generic solutions—discrete breathers. They
are time-periodic and (typically exponentially) localized in space. The lattices have discrete …

Discrete breathers

S Flach, CR Willis - Physics reports, 1998 - Elsevier
Nonlinear classical Hamiltonian lattices exhibit generic solutions in the form of discrete
breathers. These solutions are time-periodic and (typically exponentially) localized in space …

Breathers in nonlinear lattices: Existence, linear stability and quantization

S Aubry - Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 1997 - Elsevier
It has been proved by the principle of anti-integrable limit (renamed here anti-continuous
limit) and the implicit function theorem that, under rather weak hypotheses, there exist …

Localizing energy through nonlinearity and discreteness

DK Campbell, S Flach, YS Kivshar - Physics Today, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
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The discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation: a survey of recent results

PG Kevrekidis, KØ Rasmussen… - International Journal of …, 2001 - World Scientific
In this paper we review a number of recent developments in the study of the Discrete
Nonlinear Schrödinger (DNLS) equation. Results concerning ground and excited states …

Targeted energy transfer through discrete breathers in nonlinear systems

G Kopidakis, S Aubry, GP Tsironis - Physical Review Letters, 2001 - APS
We propose a simple, novel mechanism for inducing highly selective and efficient energy
transfer and focusing in certain discrete nonlinear systems. Under a precise condition of …

Localization and equipartition of energy in the β-FPU chain: Chaotic breathers

T Cretegny, T Dauxois, S Ruffo, A Torcini - Physica D: Nonlinear …, 1998 - Elsevier
The evolution towards equipartition in the β-FPU chain is studied considering as initial
condition the highest frequency mode. Above an analytically derived energy threshold, this …

Discrete breathers: localization and transfer of energy in discrete Hamiltonian nonlinear systems

S Aubry - Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 2006 - Elsevier
We present a partial review of results concerning the theory of Discrete Breathers in
nonlinear hamiltonian and discrete systems. These special time-periodic solutions gained …

Heat conduction in one-dimensional nonintegrable systems

B Hu, B Li, H Zhao - Physical Review E, 2000 - APS
Two classes of one-dimensional nonintegrable systems represented by the Fermi-Pasta-
Ulam (FPU) model and the discrete φ 4 model are studied to seek a generic mechanism of …

[图书][B] Computing in nonlinear media and automata collectives

A Adamatzky - 2001 - taylorfrancis.com
Computing in Nonlinear Media and Automata Collectives presents an account of new ways
to design massively parallel computing devices in advanced mathematical models, such as …