Integration of the Kaup–Boussinesq system with a self-consistent source via inverse scattering method

Abstract

In this study we consider the Kaup–Boussinesq system with a self-consistent source. We show that the Kaup–Boussinesq system with a self-consistent source can be integrated by the method of inverse scattering theory. For a solving the problem under consideration, we use the direct and inverse scattering problem of the Sturm–Liouville equation with an energy-dependent potential. The time evolution of the scattering data for the Sturm–Liouville equation with an energy-dependent potentials associated with the solution of the Kaup–Boussinesq system with a self-consistent source is determined. The obtained equalities completely determine the scattering data for any $t$, which makes it possible to apply the method of the inverse scattering problem to solve the Cauchy problem for the Kaup–Boussinesq system with a self-consistent source.