DISCRETENESS EFFECTS IN THE KINK SCATTERING BY A MASS IMPURITY

被引:20
作者
BRAUN, OM [1 ]
KIVSHAR, YS [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF LOS ALAMOS SCI LAB,CTR NONLINEAR STUDIES,LOS ALAMOS,NM 87545
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10.1016/0375-9601(90)90536-W
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We demonstrate analytically that the repulsive character of a mass impurity is stipulated by discreteness effects in the sine- Gordon system. The threshold velocity for the kink reflection by a heavy mass is calculated in the framework of the effective equation of motion for the link center in the discrete sine-Gordon chain. The result is determined significantly by the lattice spacing, and the effect does not occur in a continuum model since then the Peierls-Nabarro barrier vanishes. © 1990.
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