Relativistic solitons and superluminal signals

Attilio Maccari

Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2005, vol. 23, issue 4, 1099-1103

Abstract: Envelope solitons in the weakly nonlinear Klein–Gordon equation in 1+1 dimensions are investigated by the asymptotic perturbation (AP) method. Two different types of solitons are possible according to the properties of the dispersion relation. In the first case, solitons propagate with the group velocity (less than the light speed) of the carrier wave, on the contrary in the second case solitons always move with the group velocity of the carrier wave, but now this velocity is greater than the light speed. Superluminal signals are then possible in classical relativistic nonlinear field equations.

Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2004.06.058

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