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arxiv: nlin/0306031 · v1 · pith:ZZLUAR73new · submitted 2003-06-17 · 🌊 nlin.PS · cond-mat.soft· nlin.AO

Interaction of moving breathers with an impurity

classification 🌊 nlin.PS cond-mat.softnlin.AO
keywords impuritybreathersmovingtheyanalyzeappearancebehavioursbreather
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We analyze the influence of an impurity in the evolution of moving discrete breathers in a Klein--Gordon chain with non-weak nonlinearity. Three different behaviours can be observed when moving breathers interact with the impurity: they pass through the impurity continuing their direction of movement; they are reflected by the impurity; they are trapped by the impurity, giving rise to chaotic breathers. Resonance with a breather centred at the impurity site is conjectured to be a necessary condition for the appearance of the trapping phenomenon.

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