A new integrable model of long wave-short wave interaction and linear stability spectra

Marcos Caso-Huerta*, Antonio Degasperis, Sara Lombardo, Matteo Sommacal

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Abstract

We consider the propagation of short waves which generate waves of much longer (infinite) wavelength. Model equations of such long wave-short wave (LS) resonant interaction, including integrable ones, are well known and have received much attention because of their appearance in various physical contexts, particularly fluid dynamics and plasma physics. Here we introduce a new LS integrable model which generalizes those first proposed by Yajima and Oikawa and by Newell. By means of its associated Lax pair, we carry out the linear stability analysis of its continuous wave solutions by introducing the stability spectrum as an algebraic curve in the complex plane. This is done starting from the construction of the eigenfunctions of the linearized LS model equations. The geometrical features of this spectrum are related to the stability/instability properties of the solution under scrutiny. Stability spectra for the plane wave solutions are fully classified in the parameter space together with types of modulational instabilities.

Original languageEnglish
Article number20210408
JournalProceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Volume477
Issue number2252
Early online date18 Aug 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Aug 2021

Keywords

  • integrable systems
  • linear stability of plane waves
  • long wave-short wave resonant interaction
  • nonlinear waves
  • wave coupling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Mathematics
  • General Engineering
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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