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Discrete breathers in Φ4 and related models

Cuevas-Maraver, Jesús; Kevrekidis, Panayotis G.

Abstract

In this Chapter, we touch upon the wide topic of discrete breather (DB) formation with a special emphasis on the prototypical system of interest, namely the 4 model. We start by introducing the model and discussing some of the application areas/motivational aspects of exploring time periodic, spatially localized structures, such as the DBs. Our main emphasis is on the existence, and especially on the stability features of such solutions.We explore their spectral stability numerically, as well as in special limits (such as the vicinity of the so-called anti-continuum limit of vanishing coupling) analytically. We also provide and explore a simple, yet powerful stability criterion involving the sign of the derivative of the energy vs. frequency dependence of such solutions. We then turn our attention to nonlinear stability, bringing forth the importance of a topological notion, namely the Krein signature. Furthermore, we briefly touch upon linearly and nonlinearly unstable dynamics of such states. Some special aspects/extensions of such structures are only touched upon, including moving breathers and dissipative variations of the model and some possibilities for future work are highlighted. While this Chapter by no means aspires to be comprehensive, we hope that it provides some recent developments (a large fraction of which is not included in time-honored DB reviews) and associated future possibilities.

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Disc e e b ea he s in φ4and ela ed models Jes´ us Cue as–Ma a e and Panayo is G. Ke ekidis Abs ac In his Chap e , we ouch upon he wide opic o disc e e b ea he (DB) o ma ion wi h a special emphasis on he p o o ypical sys em o in e es , namely he φ4model. We s a by in oducing he model and discussing some o he ap- plica ion a eas/mo i a ional aspec s o explo ing ime pe iodic, spa ially localized s uc u es, such as he DBs. Ou main emphasis is on he exis ence, and especially on he s abili y ea u es o such solu ions. We explo e hei spec al s abili y nume i- cally, as well as in special limi s (such as he icini y o he so-called an i-con inuum limi o anishing coupling) analy ically. We also p o ide and explo e a simple, ye powe ul s abili y c i e ion in ol ing he sign o he de i a i e o he ene gy s. equency dependence o such solu ions. We hen u n ou a en ion o nonlinea s abili y, b inging o h he impo ance o a opological no ion, namely he K ein signa u e. Fu he mo e, we b ie ly ouch upon linea ly and nonlinea ly uns able dy- namics o such s a es. Some special aspec s/ex ensions o such s uc u es a e only ouched upon, including mo ing b ea he s and dissipa i e a ia ions o he model and some possibili ies o u u e wo k a e highligh ed. While his Chap e by no means aspi es o be comp ehensi e, we hope ha i p o ides some ecen de elop- men s (a la ge ac ion o which is no included in ime-hono ed DB e iews) and associa ed u u e possibili ies. Jes´ us Cue as–Ma a e G upo de F´ ısica No Lineal, Uni e sidad de Se illa, Depa amen o de F´ ısica Aplicada I, Escuela Poli ´ ecnica Supe io . C/ Vi gen de ´ A ica, 7, 41011-Se illa, Spain, Jes´ us Cue as–Ma a e Ins i u o de Ma em´ a icas de la Uni e sidad de Se illa (IMUS). Edi icio Celes ino Mu is. A da. Reina Me cedes s/n, 41012-Se illa, Spain e-mail: jcue [email p o ec ed] Panayo is G. Ke ekidis Depa men o Ma hema ics and S a is ics, Uni e si y o Massachuse s, Amhe s , MA 01003- 4515, USA e-mail: ke[email p o ec ed] 1 a Xi :1901.00545 2 [nlin.PS] 28 May 2019 2 Jes´ us Cue as–Ma a e and Panayo is G. Ke ekidis 1 A b ie desc ip ion o disc e e b ea he s: de ini ion, his o ical pe spec i e and applica ions Dynamics o localized exci a ions is, undoub edly, one o he mos impo an opics wi hin he ealm o nonlinea science. In disc e e sys ems, he localized exci a ions ha can be a gued o be mos gene ic [1, 2, 3] a e he so-called disc e e b ea he s (DBs). These can be de ined as ime-pe iodic spa ially-localized cohe en s uc u es eme ging a coupled nonlinea oscilla o la ices. This e m was coined by Campbell and Pey a d [4] in o de o dis inguish hem om he “con inuous” b ea he s ound as exac solu ions h ough he in e se sca e ing machine y in he sine-Go don PDE [5]. [I is wo hwhile o men ion in passing ha con inuous b ea he s ha e a pa icu- la ly in e es ing his o y associa ed wi h hem in φ4models [6, 7], which is desc ibed in de ail in a di e en Chap e o his special olume.] Such DBs a e also known as in insic localized modes; his name was in oduced in o de o emphasize ha hei o igin was in he in insic nonlinea i y o he sys em, con a y o he case o Ande - son modes, whe e localiza ion s ems om la ice diso de [8] and can exis e en in he linea limi . A majo de elopmen ha sp ingboa ded he s udy o DBs ook place in 1988, h ough he nume ical s udy o DBs in some p o o ypical la ice models as epo ed in wo pionee ing wo ks [10, 11] by Takeno, Sie e s and Kisoda. In hese pape s DBs a e calcula ed o he i s ime in he wo basic kinds o la ices whe e hey can eme ge, namely Fe mi–Pas a–Ulam–Tsingou (FPUT)1[10] and Klein–Go don (KG) [11]. Addi ionally, some o hei s abili y p ope ies we e also de e mined. FPUT la ices a e cha ac e ized by he absence o subs a e (on-si e) po en ial and he nonlinea i y o he in e -si e o ces, whe eas KG la ices possess nonlinea on- si e po en ial and ( ypically) linea in e -si e o ces. In e es ingly, in hose e e - ences, po en ials o he φ4 o m and ela ed models we e conside ed. The e a e also mixed cases o la ices whe e nonlinea i ies a e p esen in bo h he subs a e and in- e si e po en ials (see e.g. [12]); hese la ices a e some imes deno ed as KG/FPUT la ices. While hese ea ly wo ks p o ided c edible nume ical e idence and plan ed he seed o s udying DBs, hey did no igo ously p o e hei exis ence. The la e came in a celeb a ed 1994 pape by MacKay and Aub y [13] and was based on he concep o he so-called an i-con inuous (AC) limi . They basically demons a e in a igo ous ashion, by making use o he implici unc ion heo em, ha DBs can gene ically exis in nonlinea KG la ices as a esul o unobs uc ed (when some sui able esonance es ic ions a e a oided) con inua ion o pe iodic o bi s o indi- idual (uncoupled) oscilla o s. Mackay–Aub y’s heo em, oge he wi h he igo - ous p oo o s abili y by Aub y in 1997 [14] and he nume ical me hods de eloped by Ma ´ ın among o he s [15] led o an in ense in e es on DBs in he la e 1990’s and he beginning o he 21s Cen u y, no only om he heo e ical bu also om he 1These la ices ha e been adi ionally deno ed as Fe mi–Pas a–Ulam, o ge ing he ou s anding ole o Ma y Tsingou who was he pe son esponsible o all he nume ical simula ions in hese i s compu a ions o nonlinea la ice dynamics [9] Disc e e b ea he s in φ4and ela ed models 3 expe imen al poin o iew. The ele an ac i i y has been e y well summa ized by now in a se ies o e iews; see, e.g., [1, 2, 3, 16, 17]. DBs ha e been sough o in many ields o Physics. They ha e been expe imen- ally gene a ed in a ays o Josephson junc ions [18, 19], mechanical [20] and mag- ne ic pendula [21] and mic ocan ile e s [22], nonlinea elec ical la ices [23, 24] and g anula media [25, 26]. They ha e been obse ed in molecula and ionic c ys- als like he so-called P Cl [27] and an i e omagne s [28], and ha e been a gued as plausible explana ions o obse a ional indings in sys ems such as α-U anium [29] o NaI [30]. They ha e also been specula ed o play an impo an ole in DNA dena u a ion in an ex ensi e li e a u e e iewed, e.g., in [31], as well as o a ise in econs uc i e chemical eac ions [32] and in he slow decay o luminiscence in Pb-doped alkali-halide c ys als as KB [33], and p edic ed o exis in c ys als o Niobium and Nickel [34] o ca bon ma e ials like g aphene, ca bon nano ubes, ulle enes o hyd oca bons (see [35] o a e iew). Unde sui able condi ions, DBs can mo e along he la ice and a e known in ha se ing as mo ing b ea he s. As such, hey ha e been a gued o be esponsible o he obse ed acks in musco i e mica shee s [16, 36] and o he in ini e cha ge mobili y (also dubbed as hype con- duc i i y) expe imen ally e idenced in such c ys als [37, 38]. Admi edly, hese a e only some examples o an e e inc easing lis o applica ions which is by necessi y, due o he limi ed scope o his Chap e , a he incomple e. Ne e heless, i se es o illus a e he gene ic na u e and wide impac o such s uc u es and hei b oad ele ance o s udy. The p esen Chap e is de o ed o e iewing mo e conc e ely some esul s on he exis ence, s abili y and dynamics o DBs in KG la ices wi h φ4on-si e po en ial, and some o he miscellaneous opics ela ed o DBs in such la ices; many o hese esul s ha e been ound o gene ic KG la ices, bu we will ocus he e on he p in- cipal heme o his special olume, namely he φ4po en ial. Mo eo e , by choice, he emphasis will be on some ecen esul s, no only due o hei connec ions o he esea ch in e es s and ecen wo k o he au ho s, bu also because, o he bes o ou knowledge, he associa ed indings and he esul ing o e -a ching s abili y pe spec i e ha e no been collec ed in such a summa izing body o wo k o da e elsewhe e. 2 The Klein-Go don la ice and he an i-con inuous limi A e he b ie p esen a ion o he DB concep , in his Sec ion we will in oduce some de ini ions. Fi s o all, we need o add ess he concep o Klein-Go don non- linea dynamical la ice; om a ma hema ical poin o iew, i can be de ined as a sys em o coupled second-o de o dina y di e en ial equa ions o he o m: Fn(u)≡¨un+V0(un) + X m Cm(un−un+m−un−m)=0 (1) 4 Jes´ us Cue as–Ma a e and Panayo is G. Ke ekidis whe e nand ma e D-dimensional indices, V(un)is he on-si e po en ial, which is no necessa ily homogeneous, and Cmis he coupling cons an , depending on he dis ance om he neighbo s. In mos case examples, he in e -si e o ce is nea es - neighbou wi h Cm=Cδm,1, in which case he p e ious equa ion can be w i en e.g. o he one-dimensional la ice as Fn(u)≡¨un+V0(un) + C(2un−un+1 −un−1) = 0.(2) This dynamical equa ion de i es om he ollowing Hamil onian: H=X n hn=X n 1 2˙u2 n+V(un) + C 4(un−un−1)2+ (un−un+1)2(3) wi h hnbeing he ene gy densi y. As men ioned abo e, he an i-con inuous (AC) limi in oduced by MacKay–Aub y’s heo em [13] is o pa amoun impo ance in o de no only o p o e he exis ence o disc e e b ea he s in nonlinea KG la ices, bu also o gi e a hin on how o ob ain hem nume ically. The AC limi is ha o all he la ice oscilla o s being uncoupled (i.e. C= 0) and ei he oscilla ing wi h he same equency ωbo emaining a es . By i ue o he implici unc ion heo em, MacKay and Aub y es ablished ha he solu ion can be con inued om he AC limi o a ini e alue o C→0whene e wo condi ions a e ul illed: (1) he po en ial o he isola ed oscilla o s is anha monic and (2) no in ege mul iples o he DB equency ωb esona e wi h he linea modes equency (i.e. he so-called phonon band which we will quan i y u he below). I hese condi ions a e ul illed, a cohe en (in he sense ha all he si es oscilla es wi h he same equency) and exponen ially localized s uc u e o a DB o m will exis . These disc e e b ea he s a e exac pe iodic o bi solu ions (up o machine p ecision) o he nonlinea KG equa ion. This heo em is no only o heo e ical alue, bu also o p ac ical use ulness as i p o ides a s a egy on how o nume ically calcula e DBs ha was exploi ed by Ma ´ ın and collabo a o s [15]. Me hods based on he AC limi a e qui e simple: as a he AC limi he oscilla o s a e uncoupled, i su ices o ge a pe iodic o bi o single oscilla o s subjec ed o po en ial V(u)and con inue his solu ion by means o ixed-poin me hods (like New on-Raphson) up o he desi ed coupling. Among he nume ical me hods used o a aining DBs, we can highligh wo: (1) Fou ie space me hods in which DBs a e ep esen ed by a Gale kin unca ion up o index kmin a Fou ie se ies expansion o he o m: un= km X k=−km zkeikωb ,(4) ans o ming he coupled ODE sys em (1) in o a se o nonlinea algeb aic equa- ions; and (2) shoo ing me hods, whe e DBs a e ixed poin s o he map: ({un(0)},{˙un(0)})→({un(T)},{˙un(T)}),(5) Disc e e b ea he s in φ4and ela ed models 5 wi h T= 2π/ωbbeing he b ea he pe iod. Fou ie me hods ha e he ad an age o using an analy ical Jacobian bu one has o pay he p ice o handling wi h a la ge numbe o equa ions. In addi ion, he e a e pa hological po en ials [23, 39] o which he con e gence o Fou ie se ies is e y slow and his me hod canno be used. The e is a g ea numbe o po en ials ha can be ound in he DB li e a u e. They can be classi ied as so o ha d, i he ene gy dec eases o inc eases, espec i ely, wi h he equency; a simple way o disce n i a po en ial is so o ha d is by making use o he ha dening coe icien h= 3V0000(0) −5V000(0) [40] so ha he po en ial is so (ha d) when h < 0(h > 0). Mo eo e , a so (ha d) oscilla o ib a es wi h a equency ωbwhich is smalle (g ea e ) han i s na u al equency ωo=pV00(0) (no ice ha in mos cases, ωo= 1). Typical examples o so po en ials include he Mo se, Lenna d-Jones, cubic (φ3), sine-Go don and double-well po en ials, many o which a ise in applica ions [1, 2]. Ha d po en ials a e usually pa icula cases o polynomials po en ial which, depending o pa ame e s, can be ei he so o ha d, namely cubic-qua ic o pu ely qua ic (φ4) anha monici ies, whe e he qua ic e m a ises wi h a posi i e sign; see below. This la e po en ial, on which we will ocus in he p esen Chap e , is gi en by V(u) = 1 2u2+1 4su4(6) When s= 1 (s=−1), he po en ial is ha d (so ). The o bi s u( )o an isola ed oscilla o can be exp essed in e ms o Jacobi ellip ic unc ions and he modulus m is ela ed o he oscilla ion equency ωb h ough a anscenden al equa ion. Thus, i s= 1, u( ) = 2m 1−2mcn 2K(m)ωb π, m, ωb=π 2√1−2mK(m)(7) and, i s=−1 u( ) = 2m 1 + m2cd 2K(m)ωb π, m, ωb=π 2√1 + m2K(m)(8) No ice ha in he so case, he e a e he e oclinic o bi s sepa a ing oscilla ing s a es om unbounded ones ep esen ing escape om he po en ial [41]. Ano he in e es ing ea u e ha dis inguishes so and ha d po en ials is ela ed o he oscil- la ion pa e n o he ails. When he po en ial is ha d, he ails a e s agge ed and hey a e uns agge ed in he so case [42]. An example o disc e e b ea he s in so and ha d po en ials is shown in Fig. 1 whe e he p o ile and he ime-e olu ion is displayed. A he AC limi , i is possible o cons uc DB-like solu ions wi h mo e han one exci ed si es, dubbed as mul ib ea he s. When sui ably cons uc ed ( ypically wi h he “exci ed” oscilla o s in- o ou -o -phase as summa ized, e.g., in [43]), hese a e also ound o pe sis when he coupling is swi ched on. O e he yea s, some o he DB s uc u es ha e been endowed wi h dis inguishing names. The Sie e s-Takeno 6 Jes´ us Cue as–Ma a e and Panayo is G. Ke ekidis Fig. 1 P o ile ( op panels), ime-dependence o he cen al si es (middle panels) and Floque mul i- plie spec um (bo om panels) o a 1-si e b ea he in a so (le panels) and in a ha d ( igh panels) po en ial. In he o me case, pa ame e s a e ωb= 0.85 and C= 0.3, whe eas in he la e case, ωb= 2.5and C= 1. In he igh panels, mul iplie s wi h posi i e (nega i e) K ein signa u es a e depic ed wi h ed c osses ×(blue pluses +); see he associa ed discussion a ound Eq. (15) below. Disc e e b ea he s in φ4and ela ed models 7 mode co esponds o a DB wi h only one exci ed si e (i can also be deno ed as single si e o 1-si e b ea he ). Also, he Page mode is a mul ib ea he whe e wo adjacen si es a e exci ed; no ice ha he o me is a si e-cen e ed b ea he whe eas he la e co esponds o a bond-cen e ed (in e -si e-cen e ed) one. When all he si es a he AC limi a e exci ed, we a e dealing wi h a nonlinea phonon o phonob ea he ; a da k b ea he [44] is a phonob ea he wi h one (o a ew) non-exci ed si e(s), esem- bling he unc ional o m o a da k soli on o he nonlinea Sch ¨ odinge equa ion. Mul ib ea he s a e usually o med by ime- e e sible oscilla o s. In hese cases, hey can be cha ac e ized by a coding sequence σ≡ {σn}indica ing he phase and he exci a ion s a e o he ele an si es a he AC limi . This code is σn= 0 i he n- h oscilla o is a es , σn= 1 i i oscilla es wi h a equency ωband phase 0 (i.e. un(0) >0) and σn=−1i oscilla es wi h ini ial phase π(i.e. un(0) <0). Fo ins ance, he Sie e s-Takeno and Page modes a e ep esen ed by σ={1}and σ={1,1}( o so po en ials) o σ={1,−1}( o ha d po en ials), espec i ely. The e a e some cases whe e he code can be mo e complex as in sine-Go don po- en ials, whe e o o s can coexis wi h oscilla o s; in such cases, s uc u es called o ob ea he s (see [14, 45]) can eme ge i he exci ed si e co esponds o a o o ; hey ha e been expe imen ally gene a ed in Josephson junc ion a ays [18, 19]. The e a e also, howe e , some special cases whe e mul ib ea he s a e cons i u ed by non- ime- e e sible oscilla o s, as demons a ed in [14]. One can ind such kind o solu ions in 1D chains wi h pe iodic bounda y condi ions in he o m o phono- b ea he s wi h phase o sion [46, 47], o in 2D pe cola ing clus e s o so-called disc e e o ices [48, 49, 43]. They can also eme ge in 1D la ices wi h long- ange in e ac ions [50, 51]. Addi ionally, hey cons i u e a po en ial a ac o in pe iodi- cally o ced and damped oscilla o ne wo ks [52]. The non- esonance condi ion o MacKay-Aub y’s heo em clea ly es ablishes ha he b ea he equency ωbmus lie in he gaps be ween he linea modes (phonons) band; addi ionally ha monics o his equency mus a oid esonances wi h he band o ensu e he absence o ene gy dispe sing mechanisms a ec ing he DB. In he case o 1D KG la ices, he e is an op ical band o phonons gi en by ω2 ph =ω2 o+ 4Csin2q 2(9) whe e qis he phonon wa enumbe and ωph he equency o he associa ed e ec- i ely plane wa e exci a ions ∼ei(qn−ωph ). In ini e la ices (which a e needed o nume ical compu a ions), he alue o qis quan ized wi h he quan iza ion being de e mined by he na u e o he imposed bounda y condi ions and he numbe o la ice nodes N. Consequen ly, b ea he s in ha d po en ials, can be con inued un il ωbcollides wi h he uppe edge o he phonon band (q≈π), an e en occu ing when C≈(ω2 b−ω2 o)/4( he app oxima ion symbol is used o ake in o accoun he ac ha , depending on he quan iza ion o q, i could happen ha q=πis no in he band). Resonances in so po en ials a e caused by in ege mul iples o he b ea he equency colliding wi h he equencies o he phonon band. The ele an c i ical poin eme ges when he second ha monic in asymme ic po en ials and he hi d one in symme ic ones (like he pu ely qua ic φ4analyzed in his Chap e ) collides 8 Jes´ us Cue as–Ma a e and Panayo is G. Ke ekidis once again wi h he uppe edge o he phonon band; ha is, when C≈ω2 b−ω2 o/4 o C≈(9ω2 b−ω2 o)/4, espec i ely. In addi ion, in a ini e la ice and so po en- ials, he e a e gaps in he phonon band and b ea he s can “bypass” he esonance equency, by exis ing wi hin hese ini e gaps. In his case, he b ea he hyb idizes wi h he bi u ca ing phonon c ea ing a s uc u e called phan om b ea he s; s ic ly speaking, hey a e non-exponen ially-localized b ea he s as hey ha e a ail oscilla - ing wi h a equency nωbwi h ndepending on he mul iple o he b ea he equency ha esona es [53]. These s uc u es a e he disc e e analogue o he nanop e a ob- se ed a he con inuum limi o KG la ices wi h he φ4double well po en ial [7]. As shown in [54] o sine-Go don and φ4double well po en ials, con inua ion up o he con inuum limi is simila o a Wannie -S a k ladde . This phenomenon (i.e. b ea he -phonon hyb idiza ion) akes place because he s agge ing cha ac e o he phonons is di e en han ha o he b ea he ; i he b ea he ails had he same s ag- ge ing cha ac e o he bi u ca ing phonon, he b ea he would be smoo hly con- inued om he phonon and i s ampli ude would be ze o a he phonon equency. No ice ha gaps in phonon band appea s na u ally in diso de ed la ices because o Ande son localiza ion; b ea he s in such sys ems can delocalize [55] o emain lo- calized [56, 57]. The abo e scena io is ypical o Sie e s-Takeno and Page modes. When o he mul ib ea he s a e conside ed, b ea he s canno each he phonon band and he bi u ca ion scena io is mo e complex (see e.g. [54]). Le us also men ion ha decay o b ea he s is no necessa ily exponen ial. In la - ices wi h long- ange in e si e in e ac ions, he decay can be algeb aic [58], possibly ea u ing a ansi ion om exponen ial o algeb aic; o a ecen expe imen al eal- iza ion o his ansi ion in sys em based on magne s, see, e.g., [59]. In addi ion, in some KG/FPUT la ices wi h φ4in e si e po en ial, b ea he s can decay supe expo- nen ially being dubbed as (nea ly) compac DBs [60, 61]. Finally, we mus ema k ha he e a e se e al mo e exis ence p oo s. Fo in- s ance, a a ia ional p oo was in oduced in [62]; his is alid only o ha d po en- ials. A p oo based on he cen e mani old heo em was in oduced in [40] and is alid o DBs whose equency is close o he phonon band edge. 3 S abili y o disc e e b ea he s This Sec ion can be conside ed as he co e o he p esen Chap e . The ea men o he opic will be as ollows: i s o all, we will p esen an in oduc ion o he Floque heo y applied o he linea s abili y o disc e e b ea he s; hen, we will show di e en app oaches o he linea s abili y o mul ib ea he s in he icini y o he AC limi and in oduce he ene gy- s- equency mono onici y c i e ion o he linea s abili y o b ea he s and mul ib ea he s a a bi a y coupling; a e wa ds, nonlinea s abili y c i e ia will be summa ized oge he wi h he dynamical e olu ion o some examples o uns able solu ions. Disc e e b ea he s in φ4and ela ed models 9 3.1 Floque analysis In o de o assess he dynamical obus ness o he iden i ied DB solu ions and hei po en ial accessibili y in physical expe imen s, a key s ep is he de e mina ion o hei s abili y. In he pape whe e MacKay and Aub y demons a e he exis ence o b ea he s [13], i is specula ed ha 1-si e b ea he s a e likely o be s able. This was inally p o en by Aub y in [14] o ini e la ices and MacKay and Sepulch e in [63] o in ini e la ices. As b ea he s a e ime-pe iodic solu ions o he equa ion sys em (1), hei spec al s abili y can be de e mined by means o a Floque analysis. To his aim, we need o e alua e he e olu ion o a pe u ba ion ξn( ) o a solu ion n( ). We hus in oduce —in e.g. he 1D equa ion (2)— he solu ion un( ) = n( ) + ξn( )wi h being a small cons an . Then, he equa ion ha he pe u ba ion sa is ies o O()is ¨ ξn+V00( n)ξn+C(2ξn−ξn+1 −ξn−1)=0.(10) This equa ion can be w i en in a mo e compac o m as N( ( ))ξ= 0 (11) whe e ξ≡ {ξn( )}and ( )≡ { n( )}.Nis known as he linea iza ion ope a o . I ξ∈ C2, he s udy o his ope a o spec um o e s in o ma ion abou s abili y. I , mo eo e , ξ∈ E2 s(ωb)(i.e. ξbelongs o he space o ime- e e sible solu ions wi h equency ωb), his ope a o can be iden i ied as he Jacobian (F ´ eche de i a i e) o he dynamical equa ions, i.e. ∂ F( ( )) = N( ( )). Equa ion (11) can be iewed as a he pa icula case E= 0 o he eigen alues equa ion o he New on ope a o N( ( ))ξ=Eξ (12) The s udy o he spec um o Nis ela ed o Aub y’s band heo y [14] as we will see u he in he p esen sec ion. In Hamil onian dynamical sys ems, his lin- ea iza ion ope a o is ime-symme ic, eal, symplec ic and He mi ian. In addi ion, i is in a ian on ime ansla ions o pe iod T, so by i ue o Bloch’s heo em, he co esponding eigen unc ions ξ( )can be exp essed as Bloch unc ions: ξ( ) = eiθ /T υ( ).(13) To pe o m Floque analysis, we need o s udy he spec um o he Floque ope - a o F, de ined om he ollowing map: Ω(T) = FoΩ(0),wi h Ω( )=[ξ( ),˙ ξ( )] (14) The ep esen a ion o Foin R2Nis deno ed as he so-called monod omy ma ix. The eigen unc ions o Foa e hose o he New on ope a o wi h E= 0. Thus, as a consequence o Bloch’s heo em (13), Ω(T) = exp(iθ)Ω(0). In o he wo ds, monod omy eigen alues (also known as Floque mul iplie s) a e o he o m λ= exp(iθ)wi h θ∈C.θis dubbed as Floque a gumen . 16 Jes´ us Cue as–Ma a e and Panayo is G. Ke ekidis Fig. 3 Dependence wi h espec o he coupling cons an Co he a gumen (le panels) and modulus ( igh panels) o he Floque mul iplie s co esponding o he ollowing con igu a ions: ( op panels) σ={1,1}mul ib ea he wi h ωb= 0.8in so po en ials; (middle panels) σ= {1,−1}mul ib ea he wi h ωb= 2.5in ha d po en ials; (bo om panels) σ={1,1}mul ib ea he wi h ωb= 1.5in ha d po en ials. No ice ha in he igh panels, he mode wi h posi i e (nega i e) K ein signa u e is depic ed in ed (blue). Disc e e b ea he s in φ4and ela ed models 17 ope a ion has a ixed poin (i he o iginal la ice has a genuine a eling wa e). The pe iod o he associa ed pe iodic o bi is di ec ly associa ed wi h he speed o he a eling wa e (TW) since ωb= 2πs/h whe e sis he speed o he wa e and h he spacing o he la ice. We hus gi e a e y sho p oo o he heo em o he case o a eling wa es and, by di ec analogy, o DBs. Conside he dynamical sys em: U =u p =J∇H(U)whe e J=0I −I0. We seek a TW in he o m: u=u0(n−s ) = u0(ξ)[sol ing −sU0,ξ =J∇H(U0)] and linea ize a ound i acco ding o: u(ξ, ) = u0(ξ) + W(ξ, )and p(ξ, ) = p0(ξ) + P(ξ, ). Then, he linea iza ion ope a o and i s adjoin can be ound ex- plici ly as: M:= s∂ξ+J∇2H(U0),M∗= (−∇2H(U0)J−s∂ξ) = JMJ. Sim- ila ly o he b ea he p oblem, he ime ansla ion in a iance induces a eigen ec o and a gene alized eigen ec o wi h 0eigen alue o he o m: ∂ξU0( he eigen ec o ) and M(−∂sU0) = ∂ξU0( he equa ion o he gene alized eigen ec o ). Then he s aigh o wa d p oo o he s abili y heo em is as ollows: I an ex a eigen ec o ˜ Ywi h λ= 0 exis s, hen i mus sa is y M˜ Y=∂sU0(yielding an ad- di ional gene alized eigen ec o ). This, howe e , imposes he ollowing symplec ic o hogonali y condi ion: 0 = hJ∂ξU0,M˜ Yi=Z(J∂ξU0)·(∂sU0)dξ =Z1 s∇H(U0)·∂U0 ∂s dξ =1 sZ∂H(U0) ∂s dξ =1 sH0(s). Consequen ly, a his c i ical poin he de i a i e H0(s)mus anish, and simila ly o DBs H0(ωb)=0. As explained in [76] o DBs and [78, 79] o TWs, one can ake he calcula ion u he p o iding es ima es o he bi u ca ing ins abili y- inducing mul iplie s on he wo sides o he c i ical poin . 3.4 Nonlinea s abili y As illus a ed in [80] o a wide ange o NLS ype models, linea s abili y is no he las wo d, as he e a e cases o e.g. spa ially-an isymme ic soli ons, which a e lin- ea ly s able bu he dynamics is can be nonlinea ly uns able, i i is e ol ed o e su - icien ly long ime scales. In bo h la ice and con inuum NLS modes, i was shown in his wo k ha spec al s abili y may be inconclusi e i modes o nega i e K ein signa u e exis in he spec um and i hei (nonlinea i y induced) ha monics a e in esonance wi h he con inuous spec um. In pa icula , an o dina y di e en ial equa ion (ODE) was de i ed sugges ing ha o posi i e ene gy modes, hei en- e ge ic con en is deple ed due o dispe si e wa e adia ion. Howe e , o nega i e K ein signa u e modes, he e e se p ocess occu s, e en ually pumping (o e a slow, powe -law in ime p ocedu e) he in e nal mode and ul ima ely leading o he demise o he cohe en s uc u e due o his genuinely nonlinea mechanism. 18 Jes´ us Cue as–Ma a e and Panayo is G. Ke ekidis Fig. 4 The op panels show he ene gy- equency dependence o disc e e b ea he s in 2D la ices wi h a so po en ial and C= 0.1(le panels) and a ha d po en ial and C= 0.3( igh panels). Bo om panels show he imagina y pa o he a gumen o he Floque mul iplie s o hese solu ion amilies. Based in such indings, in [73] we explo ed he nonlinea ins abili y o linea ly s able mul ib ea he s. We ound ha nonlinea ins abili y is possible when an in ege mul iple o he equency o an in e nal (i.e. localized) eigenmode esona es wi h he phonon band and he K ein signa u e o such a mode and he phonon a c a e opposi e o each o he . No ice ha he equency Ωo he in e nal eigenmode and i s Floque a gumen ollows he ela ion θ=±ΩT mod 2π; consequen ly, i he coupling cons an is small enough, he in e nal mode has no collided wi h he phonon a c (in ac , his condi ion is necessa y in o de o he b ea he o be s able agains po en ial Hamil onian Hop bi u ca ions), hen Ω=θ/T =ωbθ/(2π). In his case, howe e , a ha monic o such a mode can be loca ed inside he a cs. I i is he 2nd ha monic, hen he slow g ow h ollows a −1/2law, i he 3 d, a −1/4law e c., as de i ed by he co esponding ODE [80, 73]. Ha ing in mind he s abili y p ope ies o mul ib ea he s nea he AC limi , he only s able solu ions among hem a e hose whose codes σa e in phase i he on-si e po en ial is ha d and in an i-phase i he po en ial is so . As demons a ed in [73], he in e nal modes ha de aches om θ= 0 ha e, in he uppe hal -ci cle (i.e. o Disc e e b ea he s in φ4and ela ed models 19 θ∈[0, π], K ein signa u e κ= 1 i he po en ial is so and κ=−1i i is ha d. On he o he hand, in o de o ha e nonlinea ins abili y, i is needed ha he K ein signa u e o he phonon a cs in he uppe hal -ci cle a e he opposi e o he in e nal modes. Because o his, as explained a he beginning o Subsec ion 3.2, nonlin- ea ins abili y can only be possible i ωo< ωb≤2ωoi he po en ial is ha d and 2 2k+1 ωo< ωb<1 kωowi h k∈Ni he po en ial is so . These condi ions we e co - obo a ed in he de ailed nume ical compu a ions o [73]. In he simple case o he NLS and DNLS models, no such condi ions need o be imposed, howe e nume ical compu a ions e i ied he exis ence o he ins abili y in [80]. He e, we only p o ide a p o o ypical case example o he associa ed phenomenology in he igh panel in Fig. 3. This shows he pa icula case o a he σ={1,1}mul ib ea he in a ha d po en ial. This solu ion is linea ly s able be o e he Hop bi u ca ion akes place, al hough p esen s nonlinea ins abili y as he condi ions o he pa ag aph abo e a e ul illed. The dynamics e en ually mani es s his ins abili y al hough he la e only a ises o e ex emely long imes, much longe han he linea ly uns able cases o he le and middle panels. 3.5 Dynamics In his subsec ion we will u he discuss some p o o ypical examples o uns able dynamics s emming om linea and nonlinea ins abili ies o he (2-si e) mul i- b ea he s shown p e iously (especially in Fig. 3). Fi s o all, we conside linea ly uns able mul ib ea he s in he so φ4po en ial. In ha case, he main beha io is a blow-up caused by a phenomenon simila o he escape obse ed in [41]. Le panels o Fig. 5 illus a e he blowing-up dynamics obse ed in an uns able σ={1,1}mul ib ea he . No ice ha blow-up is caused by bo h exponen ial and oscilla o y ins abili ies. I.e., he linea ly uns able g ow h leads he oscilla o s o exi he ini e heigh po en ial ba ie and hence end o ±∞. In he case o ha d po en ials, he main dynamical ea u es consis o he ans o - ma ion o he mul ib ea he in o a less ene ge ic 1-si e b ea he . In his ans o ma- ion, some ene gy is shed om he b ea he and, in some cases, i can be localized. The cen al panels o Fig. 5 shows he dynamics o he σ={1,−1}mul ib ea he . I is na u al o he con igu a ion o end o he si e-cen e ed a ian as ha is gene - ically s able, as we discussed abo e. Finally, he igh panels o he igu e conside a linea ly s able bu nonlinea ly un- s able mul ib ea he wi h σ={1,1}displaying a simila beha iou . The nonlinea ly uns able dynamics ul ills he condi ions o he heo em o [73] as he equency o he in e nal mode is Ω= 0.2073 and he spec al bands expands in [0.32,0.5]. As a esul , he second ha monic o he in e nal mode lies in he phonon a c, ul ima ely (a e y long imes) slowly eeding he nonlinea g ow h and e en ually leading o he des uc ion o he wo-si e con igu a ion. No ice, howe e , as also indica ed abo e, he cha ac e is ically longe (by a leas an o de o magni ude) ime needed o he mani es a ion o his (nonlinea ) ins abili y. 20 Jes´ us Cue as–Ma a e and Panayo is G. Ke ekidis Fig. 5 Dynamical e olu ion o he uns able con igu a ions displayed in Fig. 3. Top panels show he space- ime dependence o he ene gy densi y, middle panels depic he ene gy densi y e olu ion o he cen al si es and bo om panels compa e o he p o iles o he pe u bed b ea he a he beginning and a he end o he simula ion. The mul ib ea he s conside ed a he igu es a e: (le panels) σ={1,1}in a so po en ial wi h ωb= 0.8and C= 0.2; (cen al panels) σ={1,−1} in a ha d po en ial wi h ωb= 2.5and C= 0.5; ( igh panels) σ={1,1}in a ha d po en ial wi h ωb= 1.5and C= 0.1. 4 Some glimpses on o he b ea he ea u es Al hough he co e o he p esen chap e ocuses on he s abili y p ope ies o dis- c e e b ea he s in φ4la ices, we men ion in passing some de elopmen s ela ed o a judicious selec ion o aside opics, namely mo ing b ea he s and he gene a ion o disc e e b ea he s in la ices wi h dissipa ion. Disc e e b ea he s in φ4and ela ed models 21 4.1 Mo ing b ea he s As men ioned in he p e ious sec ion, when an an an i-symme ic eigenmode de- aches om he phonon a c, i can each θ= 0 b inging abou a angen bi u ca ion. Jus a θ= 0, he mode is ma ginal and esembles a ansla ional mode, so ha a pe - u ba ion along i can se he b ea he in o mo ion. Con a y o con inuous b ea he s, mo ing disc e e b ea he s gene ically adia e phonons (see e.g. [72]) and hey e en- ually s op. Due o he special ea u es o mo ing b ea he s, he e does no exis a sys ema ic unde lying ma hema ical heo y ha can clea ly cha ac e ize hem. Some a emp s o de ining a Peie ls-Naba o ba ie simila o kinks ha e been pe o med, bu hey only seem o wo k in FPUT la ices close o he con inuum limi [81]. In any case, he e mus be a mechanism alike o Peie ls-Naba o ba ie which is ela ed o he exis ence o angen bi u ca ions o he ansla ional mode ha de aches om he phonon a c. Because o his, mo ing b ea he s can only be obse ed in la ices o which he b ea he s expe ience such bi u ca ions. The e a e only a ew epo ed cases o one-dimensional KG la ices, namely, wi h Mo se, sine-Go don and double- well po en ials [42]. We ha e also been able o gene a e mo ing b ea he s in wo- dimensional KG la ices wi h Mo se po en ial, a esul ha ha e no been published ye . Mo ing b ea he s (wi h high mobili y) has been obse ed in wo-dimensional la ices wi h in-plane deg ees o eedom modeling e.g. musco i e mica [16] which a e also known as quodons and, as men ioned in he In oduc ion, a e specula ed o play an impo an ole in cha ge anspo p ope ies in such ma e ials. Mo ing b ea he s do no exis in KG la ices wi h he φ4po en ial, as he angen bi u ca ion o he ansla ional mode does no ake place. Howe e , such a bi u ca- ion was obse ed o KG/FPUT la ices wi h on-si e and in e ac ion po en ials o he ha d φ4 o m [64]. Such a la ice has been used o modeling mic omechanical can ile e a ays [22]. In [82] we gene a ed mo ing b ea he s in such a model and analyze hei in e ac ion wi h geome ical de ec s. 4.2 Dissipa i e la ices Mos o he expe imen al indings o disc e e b ea he s ha e been achie ed on la - ices wi h dissipa ion and ex e nal d i ing, such as mic omechanical [22], pendula [20] and Josephson junc ions [18, 19] a ays, nonlinea elec ical la ices [23, 24] o g anula media [25, 26]. Such classes o sys ems emain qui e popula o his day wi h nume ous a ia ions con inuously a ising including, e.g., piecewise-linea sys- ems emula ing he β- o m o he celeb a ed FPUT la ice [83], o elec ical sys ems in ol ing beyond-nea es -neighbo in e ac ions [84]. As demons a ed in [85], disc e e b ea he s in dissipa i e la ices can also ex- is away om he an icon inuum limi . Con a y o Hamil onian la ices, he e a e no esonances wi h phonons ( he spec um o plane wa e exci a ions is pushed o he le hal o he complex spec al plane); as a esul such s a es a e now po en- 22 Jes´ us Cue as–Ma a e and Panayo is G. Ke ekidis ial a ac o s o he sys em. The wo k o [52] shows he complex phenomenology ha is obse ed in d i en and damped F enkel–Kon o o a la ices. I he sys em is d i en wi h a equency ωb, disc e e b ea he solu ions acqui e he same equency as he d i ing o ce. In gene al, all he la ice si es oscilla e wi h he same equency; howe e , we ha e ound an elec ical la ice whe e subha monic esonance eme ges ( ha is, he exci ed si es o he b ea he oscilla e wi h hal o he equency o he low ampli ude si es) [86]. Recen ly, mul is able a ia ions o pendula, po en ially applicable o SQUID me ama e ials, ha e been mani es ed as po en ial sou ces o mo e complex b ea hing pa e ns such as he celeb a ed chime a s a es [87]. Disc e e b ea he s ha e been s udied in d i en and damped one-dimensional KG la ices wi h ha d φ4po en ials in [88]. Such a la ice is de ined by equa ion: ¨un+α˙un+V0(un) + C(2un−un+1 −un−1) = Fn( ) + ηn( )(21) wi h Fn( )being a pe iodic unc ion o equency ωband ηn( )is a Gaussian whi e noise wi h ze o mean and au oco ela ion < ηn( )ηm( 0)>= 2Dδnmδ( − 0). In he de e minis ic case (D= 0) and o a s agge ed d i ing o he o m Fn( ) = (−1)n sin(ωb ), he phenomenology is qui e simple: a gi en damping and e- quency, disc e e b ea he s only exis abo e a h eshold h. Howe e , i he noise is in oduced in he la ice, he e a e wo in e es ing phenomena: i he d i ing ampli- ude is sup a h eshold ( > h), b ea he s wi h equency ωbcan be gene a ed e en i he ini ial condi ion is uni o m; i he d i ing ampli ude is sub h eshold ( < h), b ea he s a e s ill p oduced by he conce ed ac ion o noise and he d i ing o ce, in a way ha noise, on he one hand, enables sys em ansi ions be ween he uni o m and he cohe en localized s a es and, on he o he hand, des oys any deg ee o o - de o he sys em i i s ampli ude is la ge enough: in o he wo ds, we a e dealing wi h a s ochas ic esonance phenomenon. 5 Ou look and u u e di ec ions F om he abo e discussion, i is clea ha he heme o disc e e b ea he s is one ha is g adually ma u ing and eme ging in a wide ange o applica ions and a di- e se a ay o sys ems. In pa icula , we a e g adually depa ing om he simples nea es -neighbo scena ios o ei he jus KG o jus FPUT ypes and mo ing on o a new, mo e elabo a e phase whe e sys ems can be designed wi h beyond-nea es [84] and e en long- ange in e ac ions [59] and also wi h mul iple and po en ially com- pe ing [12] in e ac ions, o wi h ones ha a e p og essi ely mo e amenable o ana- ly ical conside a ions [83]. This sugges s ha he e is a signi ican need o u he heo e ical and compu a ional de elopmen s o suppo he co esponding eme ging expe imen al pla o ms. While he ea ly s ages o de elopmen o DBs a o ed analy ical p oo s o ex- is ence and associa ed echniques o nume ical exis ence and s abili y, subsequen ones a o ed a mo e sys ema ic explo a ion o spec al p ope ies and an a emp o Disc e e b ea he s in φ4and ela ed models 23 classi y he di e en mul ib ea he s and o e sys ema ic guidelines abou when hey may be expec ed o be dynamically obus . In his Chap e , we summa ized some o his sys ema ic e o in he p e ious decade and some o i s c ys allized esul s and con e gence o di e en me hods o e he pas ew yea s. Mo e ecen ly, u he ools ha e a isen in p obing spec al and dynamical ea u es o DBs. Among o he s, we ha e explo ed and summa ized he e he ene gy- e sus- equency mono onici y c i e ia and how hey ela e o linea ins abili ies and gi en connec ions be ween hese and he s abili y o a eling wa es in la ices. Addi ionally, we ha e wa ned he eade agains he nai e expec a ion ha spec al s abili y is he ull s o y, p e- sen ing case examples whe e his ails o be ue due o he nonlinea ins abili y o in e nal modes wi h opposi e K ein signa u e han ha o he phonon a cs. The slow, powe -law na u e o he la e ins abili ies, as opposed o he exponen ial g ow h o linea ins abili ies was highligh ed. Las ly, some possibili ies o u he de elop- men s owa ds mo ing b ea he s o dissipa i e la ices we e b ie ly ouched upon. Clea ly, he e is need o u he heo e ical sys ema ics. Many o he ele an poin s we e b ough up in pa s o ou discussion. Unde s anding he s abili y o phase-shi mul ib ea he s and o ex b ea he s in highe -dimensional sys ems is an impo an open opic. Ca ying ou he associa ed s abili y compu a ions o highe o de is pa icula ly ele an . Recen wo k, in ac , b ings up he possibili y ha ele an solu ions may ail o exis a highe o de s in some impo an case exam- ples [89]. S udying also long- ange in e ac ions may b ing abou su p ises and p o- duce gaps in he spec um whe e no el DBs may exis , as pe he ecen wo k o [90]. Again, his is a opic me i ing u he explo a ion. The s udy o sys ems wi h non- i ial ails (nanop e a) and he examina ion o whe he he s abili y ea u es/c i e ia p esen ed he ein apply o hem is also an open opic. The same holds ue o sys- ems wi h ex e nal d i e and damping: can we o e some guidelines o cha ac e ize hei s abili y cha ac e is ics, sui ably adap ing wha we know in he mo e s uc u ed Hamil onian cases o pe haps no ? Plus hen he e a e opics which, while ouched upon, s ill seem ai ly poo ly unde s ood o wide open o new insigh s: among hem mo ing b ea he s, o quasi-pe iodic solu ions and hei exis ence and s abili y, as well as he ole o DBs in asymp o ic dynamics and he maliza ion (see, e.g., [91] o a ecen summa y in he disc e e NLS case) a e only some ha come o mind. In summa y, disc e e b ea he s may ha e ma u ed bu ha e many mo e challenges o o e o he yea s o come bo h a he undamen al, a he compu a ional and a he expe imen al le el... Acknowledgemen s This ma e ial is based upon wo k suppo ed by he Na ional Science Foun- da ion unde G an No. DMS-1809074 (P.G.K.). J.C.-M. hanks inancial suppo om MAT2016- 79866-R p ojec (AEI/FEDER, UE). 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