Abstract
A modulational stability analysis is presented for real, two-phase sine-Gordon wavetrains. Using recent results on the geometry of these real solutions, an invariant representation in terms of Abelian differentials is derived for the sine-Gordon modulation equations. The theory thus attains the same integrable features of the previously completed KdV and sine-Gordon modulations. The twophase results are as follows: kink-kink trains are stable, while the breather trains and kink-radiation trains are unstable, to modulations.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 91-101 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Studies in Applied Mathematics |
Volume | 71 |
Issue number | 2 |
State | Published - Oct 1984 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Applied Mathematics