{"title":"Metal Assisted Chemical Etching patterns at a Ge/Cr/Au interface modulated by the Euler instability","authors":"Yilin Wong, Giovanni Zocchi","doi":"arxiv-2405.20544","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2405.20544","url":null,"abstract":"We present a solid state system which spontaneously generates remarkable\u0000engraving patterns on the surface of Ge. The layered construction, with a metal\u0000film on the Ge surface, results in coupling of the metal catalyzed etching\u0000reaction with the long range stress field at the Ge - metal interface. The\u0000etching patterns generated have similarities with Turing patterns, hydrodynamic\u0000patterns, crack propagation, and biological form. We describe spirals, radial\u0000patterns, and more disordered structures. Euler buckling of the metal layer\u0000generates a characteristic wavelength for some patterns.","PeriodicalId":501370,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Pattern Formation and Solitons","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141253866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Gaafele, Edmond B. Madimabe, K. Ndebele, P. Otlaadisa, B. Mozola, T. Matabana, K. Seamolo, P. Pilane
{"title":"Modulational Instability of the Coupled Nonlinear volatility and option price model","authors":"C. Gaafele, Edmond B. Madimabe, K. Ndebele, P. Otlaadisa, B. Mozola, T. Matabana, K. Seamolo, P. Pilane","doi":"arxiv-2405.19887","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2405.19887","url":null,"abstract":"We study the Coupled Nonlinear volatility and option price model via both\u0000Modulational instability analysis and direct simulations. Since the coupling\u0000term for both the volatility and the option price equation is the same, the MI\u0000results are dependent on it, and the stability of the volatility exists for the\u0000same condition as that of the price. The numerical simulations are done to\u0000comfirm the conditions of MI","PeriodicalId":501370,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Pattern Formation and Solitons","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141190945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Bougas, G. C. Katsimiga, P. G. Kevrekidis, S. I. Mistakidis
{"title":"Stability and dynamics of nonlinear excitations in a two-dimensional droplet-bearing environment","authors":"G. Bougas, G. C. Katsimiga, P. G. Kevrekidis, S. I. Mistakidis","doi":"arxiv-2405.20106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2405.20106","url":null,"abstract":"We unravel stationary states in the form of dark soliton stripes, bubbles,\u0000and kinks embedded in a two-dimensional droplet-bearing setting emulated by an\u0000extended Gross-Pitaevskii approach. The existence of these configurations is\u0000corroborated through an effectively reduced potential picture demonstrating\u0000their concrete parametric regions of existence. The excitation spectra of such\u0000configurations are analyzed within the Bogoliubov-de-Gennes framework exposing\u0000the destabilization of dark soliton stripes and bubbles, while confirming the\u0000stability of droplets, and importantly unveiling spectral stability of the kink\u0000against transverse excitations. Additionally, a variational approach is\u0000constructed providing access to the transverse stability analysis of the dark\u0000soliton stripe for arbitrary chemical potentials and widths of the structure.\u0000This is subsequently compared with the stability analysis outcome demonstrating\u0000very good agreement at small wavenumbers. Dynamical destabilization of dark\u0000soliton stripes via the snake instability is showcased, while bubbles are found\u0000to feature both a splitting into a gray soliton pair and a transverse\u0000instability thereof. These results shed light on unexplored stability and\u0000instability properties of nonlinear excitations in environments featuring a\u0000competition of mean-field repulsion and beyond-mean-field attraction that can\u0000be probed by state-of-the-art experiments.","PeriodicalId":501370,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Pattern Formation and Solitons","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141190940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O. Pavón-Torres, M. A. Agüero-Granados, M. E. Maguiña-Palma
{"title":"Interaction and adiabatic evolution of orthodromic and antidromic impulses in the axoplasmic fluid","authors":"O. Pavón-Torres, M. A. Agüero-Granados, M. E. Maguiña-Palma","doi":"arxiv-2405.19370","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2405.19370","url":null,"abstract":"Unlike expected from the Hodgkin-Huxley model predictions, in which there is\u0000annihilation once orthodromic and antidromic impulses collide, the\u0000Heimburg-Jackson model demonstrates that both impulses penetrate each other as\u0000it has been shown experimentally. These impulses can be depicted as low\u0000amplitude nonlinear excitations in a weakly dissipative soliton model described\u0000by the damped NLSE. In view of the above, the Karpman-Solov'ev-Maslov\u0000perturbation theory turns out to be ideal to study the interaction and\u0000adiabatic evolution of orthodromic and antidromic impulses once axoplasmic\u0000fluid is present.","PeriodicalId":501370,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Pattern Formation and Solitons","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141198114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hydrodynamic modulation instability triggered by a two-wave system","authors":"Yuchen He, Jinghua Wang, Bertrand Kibler, Amin Chabchoub","doi":"arxiv-2405.19365","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2405.19365","url":null,"abstract":"The modulation instability (MI) is responsible for the disintegration of a\u0000regular nonlinear wave train and can lead to strong localizations in a from of\u0000rogue waves. This mechanism has been studied in a variety of nonlinear\u0000dispersive media, such as hydrodynamics, optics, plasma, mechanical systems,\u0000electric transmission lines, and Bose-Einstein condensates, while its impact on\u0000applied sciences is steadily growing. Following the linear stability analysis\u0000of weakly nonlinear waves, the classical MI dynamics, can be triggered when a\u0000pair of small-amplitude sidebands are excited within a particular frequency\u0000range around the main peak frequency. That is, a three-wave system is usually\u0000required to initiate the wave focusing process. Breather solutions of the\u0000nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLSE) revealed that MI can generate much more\u0000complex localized structures, beyond the three-wave system initialization\u0000approach or by means of a continuous spectrum. In this work, we report an\u0000experimental study for deep-water surface gravity waves asserting that a MI\u0000process can be triggered by a single unstable sideband only, and thus, from a\u0000two-wave process when including the contribution of the peak frequency. The\u0000experimental data are validated against fully nonlinear hydrodynamic numerical\u0000wave tank simulations and show very good agreement. The long-term evolution of\u0000such unstable wave trains shows a distinct shift in the recurrent\u0000Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou focusing cycles, which are captured by the NLSE and\u0000fully nonlinear hydrodynamic simulations with minor distinctions.","PeriodicalId":501370,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Pattern Formation and Solitons","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141190936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christopher Chong, Dmitry E. Pelinovsky, Guido Schneider
{"title":"On the Existence of Generalized Breathers and Transition Fronts in Time-Periodic Nonlinear Lattices","authors":"Christopher Chong, Dmitry E. Pelinovsky, Guido Schneider","doi":"arxiv-2405.15621","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2405.15621","url":null,"abstract":"We prove the existence of a class of time-localized and space-periodic\u0000breathers (called q-gap breathers) in nonlinear lattices with time-periodic\u0000coefficients. These q-gap breathers are the counterparts to the classical\u0000space-localized and time-periodic breathers found in space-periodic systems.\u0000Using normal form transformations, we establish rigorously the existence of\u0000such solutions with oscillating tails (in the time domain) that can be made\u0000arbitrarily small, but finite. Due to the presence of the oscillating tails,\u0000these solutions are coined generalized q-gap breathers. Using a multiple-scale\u0000analysis, we also derive a tractable amplitude equation that describes the\u0000dynamics of breathers in the limit of small amplitude. In the presence of\u0000damping, we demonstrate the existence of transition fronts that connect the\u0000trivial state to the time-periodic ones. The analytical results are\u0000corroborated by systematic numerical simulations.","PeriodicalId":501370,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Pattern Formation and Solitons","volume":"97 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141169536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pedro Fittipaldi de Castro, Wladimir Alejandro Benalcazar
{"title":"Solitons with Self-induced Topological Nonreciprocity","authors":"Pedro Fittipaldi de Castro, Wladimir Alejandro Benalcazar","doi":"arxiv-2405.14919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2405.14919","url":null,"abstract":"The nonlinear Schrodinger equation can support solitons, self-interacting\u0000states that remain sharply localized and behave as nearly independent objects.\u0000Here, we demonstrate the existence of solitons with self-induced nonreciprocal\u0000dynamics in a discrete version of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation. This\u0000nonreciprocal behavior depends on the soliton's power, indicating an interplay\u0000between linear and nonlinear terms in the Hamiltonian. Starting from static\u0000stable solitons at high power, the nonreciprocal behavior manifests as the\u0000power is lowered first by the appearance of nonreciprocal linear instabilities\u0000on static solitons and then by a full self-induced nonreciprocal regime, in\u0000which the solitons propagate with unidirectional acceleration and\u0000amplification. We show this behavior to be topologically protected by winding\u0000numbers on the solitons' mean-field Hamiltonian and their linear stability\u0000matrix, revealing an intimate connection between nonlinear, nonreciprocal\u0000dynamics and point gap topology in non-Hermitian linear Hamiltonians.","PeriodicalId":501370,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Pattern Formation and Solitons","volume":"62 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141169609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Symmetry and symmetry-breaking in soil pores and climate change mitigation: What fractal geometry can tell us?","authors":"Abhijeet Das","doi":"arxiv-2405.14217","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2405.14217","url":null,"abstract":"Soil is a critical component of terrestrial ecosystems, directly influencing\u0000global biogeochemical cycles. Despite its importance, the complex architecture\u0000of soil pores and their impact on greenhouse gas emissions remain poorly\u0000understood. This perspective aims to address this gap by applying symmetry and\u0000symmetry-breaking concepts through fractal geometry to elucidate the structural\u0000and functional complexities of soil pores. We highlight how fractal parameters\u0000can quantify the self-similar nature of soil pore structures, revealing their\u0000size, shape, and connectivity. These geometric attributes influence soil\u0000properties such as permeability and diffusivity, which are essential for\u0000understanding gas exchange and microbial activity within the soil matrix.\u0000Furthermore, we emphasize the effects of various land management practices,\u0000including tillage and wetting-drying cycles, on soil pore complexity using\u0000three-dimensional multi-fractal analysis. Literature indicates that different\u0000agricultural practices significantly alter pore heterogeneity and connectivity,\u0000affecting greenhouse gas emissions. Conventional tillage decreases pore\u0000connectivity and increases randomness, whereas no-tillage preserves larger,\u0000more complex pore structures. We propose that integrating combinatorial,\u0000geometric, and functional symmetry concepts offers a comprehensive framework\u0000for examining the structure-property-function relationships in soil. This novel\u0000approach could enhance our understanding of soil's role in the global cycle of\u0000greenhouse gases and provide insights into sustainable land management\u0000practices aimed at mitigating climate change.","PeriodicalId":501370,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Pattern Formation and Solitons","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141150925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dennis Hardt, Reza Doostani, Sebastian Diehl, Nina del Ser, Achim Rosch
{"title":"Active Magnetic Matter: Propelling Ferrimagnetic Domain Walls by Dynamical Frustration","authors":"Dennis Hardt, Reza Doostani, Sebastian Diehl, Nina del Ser, Achim Rosch","doi":"arxiv-2405.14320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2405.14320","url":null,"abstract":"Active matter encompasses many-particle systems with self-propelling units,\u0000such as flocks of birds or schools of fish. Here, we show how self-propelling\u0000domain walls can be realised in a solid-state system when a ferrimagnet is\u0000weakly driven out of thermal equilibrium by an oscillating field. This\u0000activates the Goldstone mode, inducing a rotation of the antiferromagnetic\u0000xy-order in a clockwise or anticlockwise direction, determined by the sign of\u0000the ferromagnetic component. Two opposite directions of rotation meet at a\u0000ferromagnetic domain wall, resulting in 'dynamical frustration', with three\u0000main consequences. (i) Domain walls move actively in a direction chosen by\u0000spontaneous symmetry breaking. Their speed is proportional to the square root\u0000of the driving power across large parameter regimes. (ii) In one dimension\u0000(1D), after a quench into the ferrimagnetic phase, this motion and strong\u0000hydrodynamic interactions lead to a linear growth of the magnetic correlation\u0000length over time, much faster than in equilibrium. (iii) The dynamical\u0000frustration makes the system highly resilient to noise. The correlation length\u0000of the weakly driven 1D system can be orders of magnitude larger than in the\u0000corresponding equilibrium system with the same noise level.","PeriodicalId":501370,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Pattern Formation and Solitons","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141151381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rogue waves excitation on zero-background in the (2+1)-dimensional KdV equation","authors":"Jie-Fang Zhang, Mei-zhen Jin, Meng-yang Zhang","doi":"arxiv-2405.11228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2405.11228","url":null,"abstract":"In this letters, we propose a novel self-mapping transformation of the (2+1)\u0000dimensional KdV equation, and construct rather general classes of solutions\u0000with decaying property with three arbitrary functions of time. The highlight of\u0000this method is that it allows us to generate various of basic rogue waves\u0000excited on zero-background, including the exponentially decaying line-soliton\u0000and dromion as well as the algebraically decaying lump in the -plane turn out\u0000to be special cases of these solutions. Our findings unravels new interesting\u0000relations between rogue wave and line-soliton, dromion and lump.","PeriodicalId":501370,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Pattern Formation and Solitons","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141151347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}