Chaotic scattering in solitary wave interactions: A singular iterated-map description

Abstract

We derive a family of singular iterated maps--closely related to Poincare maps--that describe chaotic interactions between colliding solitary waves. The chaotic behavior of such solitary wave collisions depends on the transfer of energy to a secondary mode of oscillation, often an internal mode of the pulse. Unlike previous analyses, this map allows one to understand the interactions in the case when this mode is excited prior to the first collision. The map is derived using Melnikov integrals and matched asymptotic expansions and generalizes a ``multi-pulse'' Melnikov integral and allows one to find not only multipulse heteroclinic orbits, but exotic periodic orbits. The family of maps derived exhibits singular behavior, including regions of infinite winding. This problem is shown to be a singular version of the conservative Ikeda map from laser physics and connections are made with problems from celestial mechanics and fluid mechanics.

29 pages, 17 figures, submitted to Chaos, higher-resolution figures available at author's website: http://m.njit.edu/goodman/publications

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