Publication: Internal mode dynamics in driven nonolienar klein-Gordon systems
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2001-01
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We study analytically and numerically the action of a constant force on the propagation of
kinks in the Ø4 and sine-Gordon systems, with and without dissipation. We speci cally investigate the
relation of the external force with the oscillations of the kink width due to excitation of its internal mode
or quasimode. We demonstrate that both dc force and dissipation, either jointly or separately, damp the
oscillations of the kink width. We further prove that, in contrast to earlier predictions, those oscillations
can only arise if we use a distorted kink as initial condition for the evolution. Finally, we show that for the
Ø4 system the oscillations of the kink width come from the excitation of its internal mode, whereas in the
sG equation they originate in the excitation of the lowest radiational modes and an internal mode induced
by the discreteness of the numerical simulations.
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The European Physical Journal B, vol. 19, n. 1, jan. 2001. Pp. 107-115