Abstract:
We use the method of multiple scales to study the wobbling kink of the $\phi^4$ equation. We show that the amplitude of the wobbling decays very slowly, proportionally to $t^{-1/2}$, and the wobbler hence turns out to be an extremely long-lived object.
Citation:
O. F. Oxtoby, I. V. Barashenkov, “Asymptotic expansion of the wobbling kink”, TMF, 159:3 (2009), 527–535; Theoret. and Math. Phys., 159:3 (2009), 863–869
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