Driven kinks in discrete chains: Phonon damping

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2001, Pages

  Cattuto, C ^a,b   Costantini, G ^c   Guidi, T ^c   Marchesoni, F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); KINETIC ENERGY; RESONANCE; SOLITONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DISCRETE CHAINS; SOLITON MOBILITY;

PHONONS;

EID: 4243549327     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.63.046611     Document Type: Article

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