Invariant manifolds of homoclinic orbits and the dynamical consequences of a super-homoclinic: A case study in (mathbb{R}^4) with (mathbb{Z}_2)-symmetry and integral of motion

Abstract

We consider a (mathbb{Z}_2)-equivariant flow in (mathbb{R}^{4}) with an integral of motion and a hyperbolic equilibrium with a transverse homoclinic orbit (Gamma). We provide criteria for the existence of stable and unstable invariant manifolds of (Gamma). We prove that if these manifolds intersect transversely, creating a so-called super-homoclinic, then in any neighborhood of this super-homoclinic there exist infinitely many multi-pulse homoclinic loops. An application to a system of coupled nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations is considered.