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Dynamics in Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation with dc bias: From Subdiffusion to Painlevé Transcendent

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2013

A. Iomin
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Abstract

Dynamics of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation in the presence of a constant electric field is studied. Both discrete and continuous limits of the model are considered. For the discrete limit, a probabilistic description of subdiffusion is suggested and a subdiffusive spreading of a wave packet is explained in the framework of a continuous time random walk. In the continuous limit, the biased nonlinear Schrödinger equation is shown to be integrable, and solutions in the form of the Painlevé transcendents are obtained.

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continuous time random walksubdiffusionfractional Fokker-Planck equationStark ladderself-accelerating solution
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Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena , Volume 8 , Issue 2: Anomalous diffusion , 2013 , pp. 88 - 99
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© EDP Sciences, 2013

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