Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 2015
In recent years, the competition between randomness and nonlinearity was extensively explored. In... more In recent years, the competition between randomness and nonlinearity was extensively explored. In the present paper, the dynamics of solitons of the Ablowitz-Ladik model in the presence of a random potential is studied. In the absence of the random potential, it is an integrable model and the solitons are stable. As a result of the random potential, this stability is destroyed. In a certain regime, for short times, particlelike dynamics with constant mass is found; in another regime, particlelike dynamics with varying mass takes place. In particular, an effective potential is found that predicts correctly changes in the direction of motion of the soliton. This potential is a scaling function of time and strength of the potential, leading to a relation between the first time when the soliton changes direction and the strength of the random potential.
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method. This is then applied to a large class of dispersive equations.
method. This is then applied to a large class of dispersive equations.