Solitons

by Vladimir E. Zakharov, S.E. Trullinger, V. E. Zakharov

In the twenty years since Zabusky and Kruskal coined the term soliton'', this concept changed the outlook on certain types of nonlinear phenomena and found its way into all branches of physics. The present volume deals with a great variety of applications of the new concept in condensed-matter physics, which is particularly reached in experimentally observable occurrences. The presentation is not centred around the mathematical aspects; the emphasis...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0444870024
• ISBN13: 9780444870025
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: North-Holland
• Length: 916 Pages