DYNAMICS OF NONLINEAR SCHRÖDINGER/GROSS–PITAEVSKII EQUATIONS: MASS TRANSFER IN SYSTEMS WITH SOLITONS AND DEGENERATE NEUTRAL MODES

Analysis and PDE

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-322

  Gang, Zhou ^a   Weinstein, Michael I ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic stability; Dispersive partial differential equation; Nonlinear bound state; Nonlinear scattering; Soliton

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650756864     PISSN: 21575045     EISSN: 1948206X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/apde.2008.1.267     Document Type: Article

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