Phonons scattering off discrete asymmetric solitons in the absence of a Peierls-Nabarro potential

Author:

Danial Saadatmand, Aliakbar Moradi Marjaneh, Alidad Askari, Herbert Weigel

Keyword:

Nonlinear Sciences, Pattern Formation and Solitons, Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS), High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)

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date:

2023-08-03 16:00:00

Abstract

We analyze the interaction of lattice vibrations (phonon wave-packets) with an asymmetric kink soliton initially at rest. We employ the $\phi^6$ model in one space and one time dimensions for various lattice spacings and consider two different discretization prescriptions for the field potential that do not generate Peierls-Nabarro potentials, i.e. the kink can be placed anywhere along the lattice beyond discrete translational invariance. Since the $\phi^6$ model kink is neither symmetric nor anti-symmetric under spatial reflections we simulate the cases where the wave-packet approaches the kink from negative or positive spatial infinity. We extract the energy transmission and reflection coefficients as functions of the central frequency of the phonon wave-packet for the different lattice spacings. For large lattice spacings the wave-packet is always fully reflected while for smaller spacing the amount of reflection and transmission depends on the central frequency. We also identify scenarios in which the target kink acquires a non-zero velocity from its interaction with the wave-packet.

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