Solitary waves in a diatomic lattice: analytic approximations for a wide range of speeds by quasi-continuum methods

Authors
Wattis, JAD
Citation
Jad. Wattis, Solitary waves in a diatomic lattice: analytic approximations for a wide range of speeds by quasi-continuum methods, PHYS LETT A, 284(1), 2001, pp. 16-22
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS A
ISSN journal
03759601 → ACNP
Volume
284
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
16 - 22
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(20010528)284:1<16:SWIADL>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We extend the quasi-continuum method of approximation to find waves of gene ral speed in a diatomic lattice. Our results include as a special case the one speed which previous methods have found: we find the shape of nonlinear waves of arbitrary velocity up to some maximum speed. (C) 2001 Published b y Elsevier Science B.V.