Energy Thresholds for Discrete Breathers

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Kastner, Michael ^a,b  

^a INFM   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HAMILTONIANS; MOLECULAR CRYSTALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHONONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BREATHER ENERGY; DISCRETE BREATHERS; ENERGY THRESHOLDS; SPATIAL DIMENSION;

CRYSTAL LATTICES;

EID: 2142767391     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.104301     Document Type: Article

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