Kink-antikink collisions in the Φ 4 equation: The n-bounce resonance and the separatrix map

SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1195-1228

  Goodman, Roy H ^a   Haberman, Richard ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear resonance; Separatrix map; Singular perturbation theory; Solitary waves

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR RESONANCE; SEPARATRIX MAP; SINGULAR PERTURBATION THEORY; SOLITARY WAVES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RESONANCE;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 33644906188     PISSN: 15360040     EISSN: 15360040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/050632981     Document Type: Article

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