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Kink dynamics in a novel discrete sine-Gordon system

J. M. Speight, R. S. Ward

patt-solarXiv:patt-sol/9911008

Abstract

A spatially-discrete sine-Gordon system with some novel features is described. There is a topological or Bogomol'nyi lower bound on the energy of a kink, and an explicit static kink which saturates this bound. There is no Peierls potential barrier, and consequently the motion of a kink is simpler, especially at low speeds. At higher speeds, it radiates and slows down.

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