Nonlinear excitations in multi-dimensional nonlocal lattices

Abstract

We study the formation of breathers in multi-dimensional lattices with nonlocal coupling that decays algebraically. By variational methods, the exact relationship between various parameters (dimension, nonlinearity, nonlocal parameter $\alpha$) that defines positive excitation thresholds is characterized. At the anti-continuum regime, there exists a family of unique ground states that determines excitation thresholds. We not only characterize the sharp spatial decay of ground states, which varies continuously in $\alpha$, but also identify the time decay of dispersive waves, which undergoes a discontinuous transition in $\alpha$.