Particle-in-Cell Simulation of the Reflection of a Korteweg–de Vries Solitary Wave and an Envelope Solitary Wave at a Solid Boundary
Jie Zhang1, Xin Qi2, Heng Zhang1, Wen-Shan Duan1**
1College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070 2Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000
Abstract：Reflections of a Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) solitary wave and an envelope solitary wave are studied by using the particle-in-cell simulation method. Defining the phase shift of the reflected solitary wave, we notice that there is a phase shift of the reflected KdV solitary wave, while there is no phase shift for an envelope solitary wave. It is also noted that the reflection of a KdV solitary wave at a solid boundary is equivalent to the head-on collision between two identical amplitude solitary waves.
. [J]. 中国物理快报, 2016, 33(06): 65202-065202.
Jie Zhang, Xin Qi, Heng Zhang, Wen-Shan Duan. Particle-in-Cell Simulation of the Reflection of a Korteweg–de Vries Solitary Wave and an Envelope Solitary Wave at a Solid Boundary. Chin. Phys. Lett., 2016, 33(06): 65202-065202.
2016, Vol. 33 
