Quantized Vortex Dynamics of the Nonlinear Wave Equation on the Torus

Abstract

We derive rigorously the reduced dynamical laws for quantized vortex dynamics of the nonlinear wave equation on the torus when the core size of vortex $\varepsilon\to 0$. It is proved that the reduced dynamical laws are second-order nonlinear ordinary differential equations which are driven by the renormalized energy on the torus, and the initial data of the reduced dynamical laws are determined by the positions of vortices and the momentum. We will also investigate the effect of the momentum on the vortex dynamics.