Nonlinear Coherent Structures in Physics and Biology

1. Front Matter

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2. Equations of motion for vortices in 2-D easy-plane magnets

   • G. M. Wysin, F. G. Mertens

   Pages 1-14

3. Central peak signatures from vortices in 2D easy-plane antiferromagnets

   • F. G. Mertens, A. Völkel, G. M. Wysin, A. R. Bishop

   Pages 15-22

4. Free vortices in the quasi-two dimensional XY antiferromagnet BaNl2(PO4)2?

   • P. Gaveau, J. P. Boucher, A. Bouvet, L. P. Regnault, Y. Henry

   Pages 23-29

5. The electric resistivity of a magnetic semiconductor with easy-axis of anisotropy populated by magnon solitons

   • M. V. Sataric, J. A. Tuszynski

   Pages 30-35

6. Thermodynamics of quantum spin chains

   • Alessandro Cuccoli, Valerio Tognetti, Ruggero Vaia, Paola Verrucchi

   Pages 36-43

7. Dissipative superluminous Brillouin solitons in an optical-fiber ring cavity

   • Carlos Montes, Eric Picholle, Jean Botineau, Olivier Legrand, Claude Leycuras

   Pages 44-51

8. Polarisation fluctuations in nonlinear optical fibres

   • A. P. Mayer, D. F. Parker

   Pages 52-59

9. Stochastic dynamics of spatial solitons on the periodic interface of two nonlinear media

   • F. Kh. Abdullaev, B. A. Umarov

   Pages 60-68

10. Conversion of ultrashort optical solitons in the fibre-optical loop

    • Dzhakhangir V. Khaidarov

    Pages 69-76

11. Dynamics of breather modes in a nonlinear “helicoidal” model of DNA

    • T. Dauxois, M. Peyrard

    Pages 77-86

12. Equilibrium and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics of a nonlinear model of DNA

    • Mario Techera, L. L. Daemen, E. W. Prohofsky

    Pages 87-94

13. A simple model of DNA dynamics

    • Giuseppe Gaeta

    Pages 95-100

14. Anomalous vibrational modes in acetanilide: a F.D.S. incoherent inelastic neutron scattering study

    • Mariette Barthes, Juergen Eckert, Susanna W. Johnson, Jacques Moret, Basil I. Swanson, Clifford J. Unkefer

    Pages 101-109

15. Nonlinear excitations in a quantum dimer

    • Lisa J. Bernstein

    Pages 110-117

16. Kinks in disordered conjugated polymers

    • F. Bronold, K. Fesser

    Pages 118-125

17. A discrete selftrapping equation model for Scheibe aggregates

    • O. Bang, P. L. Christiansen

    Pages 126-132

18. Computer simulation of cardiac arrhythmias and of defibrillating electric shocks. Effects of antiarrhythmic drugs

    • P. Auger, A. Coulombe, P. Dumée, M. -C Govaere, J. -M. Chesnais, A. Bardou

    Pages 133-140

19. Numerical studies of solitons on lattices

    • J. C. Eilbeck

    Pages 141-150

20. A symplectic solder for lattice equations

    • D. B. Duncan, C. H. Walshaw, J. A. D. Wattis

    Pages 151-158

Nature provides many examples of coherent nonlinear structures and waves, and these have been observed and studied in various fields ranging from fluids and plasmas through solid-state physics to chemistry and biology. These proceedings reflect the remarkable process in understanding and modeling nonlinear phenomena in various systems that has recently been made.Experimental, numerical, and theoretical activities interact in various studies that are presented according to the following classification: magnetic and optical systems, biosystems and molecular systems, lattice excitations and localized modes, two-dimensional structures, theoretical physics, and mathematical methods. The book addresses researchers and graduate students from biology, engineering, mathematics, and physics.

• Plasma
• Soliton
• Wellen
• biology
• chemistry
• coherent structures
• experiment
• kohaerente Strukturen
• mathematical method
• mechanics
• nonlinear dynamics
• solitons
• temperature
• thermodynamics
• waves

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