Published October 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

A class of vortex filament solitons in fluids, plasmas, and superconductors

Creators

  • 1. Department of Mathematics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 (United States)

Description

We consider the Uby-Isichenko-Yankov (UIY) equation for vortex filament dynamics in plasmas and superconductors. This is a perturbation of the localized induction equation (LIE), which is itself an integrable model of filament motion in an ideal fluid. We present a novel class of solutions for a time-modulated modification of UIY; namely, vortex configurations which are evolving spherical curves of varying radius. These solutions can be considered as generalizations of a well-known class of soliton solutions for LIE.

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Journal Title
Journal of Mathematical Physics
Journal Volume
51
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 103519-103519.22
ISSN
0022-2488
CODEN
JMAPAQ

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