Abstract
We consider the exact traveling wave solutions for the coupled nonlinear generalized Zakharov equations. By employing the method of dynamical systems, we are able to obtain bifurcations of the phase portraits of the corresponding planar dynamical system under various parameter conditions. Based on different level curves, we derive all possible exact explicit parametric representations of bounded solutions, which include pseudo-periodic peakon, pseudo-peakon, smooth periodic wave solutions, solitary solutions, kink wave solution and the compacton solution family.
Keywords:
solitary wave; periodic wave; pseudo-periodic peakon; pseudo-peakon; compacton; bifurcation; generalized Zakharov equations MSC:
34C23; 34C25; 35Q51; 35Q55
1. Introduction
Zakharov equations are derived from the standard Zakharov system, a well-established model for describing wave-to-wave interplays in plasmas. Particularly, the coupling between the high-frequency and low-frequency waves is characterized via nonlinear terms, such as the nonlinear term that is proportional to the negative third power of the wave amplitude, the so-called anti-cubic nonlinearity. The anti-cubic nonlinearity is different from the more common cubic nonlinearity discovered in many other wave equations. This actually introduces a unique dynamic where the wave behavior can be significantly affected by small amplitude [1,2]. Recently, the authors in [1] studied the novel exact solutions for the coupled nonlinear generalized Zakharov equations with anti-cubic nonlinearity given by
where and are real constants. Particularly, the parameter c is proportionally linked to ion acoustic speed (or electron sound speed). The function portrays the deviation in ion density from its equilibrium state, while corresponds to a complex variable symbolizing the slowly changing envelope of the prominently oscillating electronfield. When the anti-cubic nonlinearity disappears. Furthermore, if one then has the simplification of the renowned Zakharov system, characterizing the propagation of Langmuir waves in plasma environments.
In order to find the exact solutions of Equation (1), the authors in [1] proposed that the solutions have following form
where and are constant parameters. Substituting the assumption (2) into the Equation (1), decomposing into real and imaginary parts, and integrating the obtained equations, the authors in [1] obtained
where is an integral constant.
To get started for our study, we first introduce
Then, the first equation in (3) is equivalent to the following planar Hamiltonian system
with the first integral given by
Note that The level curves defined by are symmetry with respect to the axis. Correspondingly, we will only discuss the phase portraits in the right half-phase plane for the system (4).
We would like to point out that the authors in [1] introduced the transformation for their analysis. With this transformation, the system (4) becomes
with the first integral
Unfortunately, the authors in [1] did not derive the system (6) and the integral (7). On the other hand, if we just consider the first integral given by (5), then, with the transformation , the first integral (5) becomes
Clearly, the first integral (8) is different from the first integral (7). Furthermore, we point out that the formula (2.13) in [1] is not correct. Therefore, the results obtained in [1] need to be corrected. Meanwhile, we emphasize that for an integrable planar differential system, if one makes a variable transformation, the corresponding new equation with respect to the new variable must be derived, and the new first integral must be found. To correct this mistake and provide a comprehensive understanding of the underlying problem is the main motivation of this work.
In the past three decades, nonlinear wave equations with non-smooth solitary wave solution called peakon and periodic peakon and the solution family having compact support called compactons (see [3]) have attracted a lot of attention. Peakon was first coined by the authors in [4,5,6], and thereafter other peakon equations were developed (see [7,8,9,10,11,12,13] and references therein). In this work, we directly consider the system (4), which is a four-parameter system depending on the parameter group . Clearly, the system (4) is a singular traveling wave system of the first kind defined by the authors in [14,15] with the singular straight line We will apply the method of dynamical systems [16,17,18,19,20,21,22] to discuss the dynamical behavior of solutions , and under different parameter conditions to find exact solutions of the system (4). The approach we take is different from the various techniques employed in [1]. Our main result is stated as follows:
Theorem 1.
For the coupled nonlinear generalized Zakharov Equations (1), One has
Figure 1.
Bifurcations of the phase portraits of the system (4) with .
Figure 2.
Bifurcations of the phase portraits of the system (4) with .
Figure 3.
Bifurcations of the phase portraits of the system (4) with has two positive roots.
Figure 4.
Bifurcations of the phase portraits of the system (4) with has one positive root.
The article is organized as follows. In Section 2, we discuss the bifurcations of phase portraits for the systems (4). In Section 3, Section 4 and Section 5, we derive all possible exact explicit parametric representations for some bounded solutions of the system (4), while Section 6 is a concluding remark.
2. Bifurcations of Phase Portraits of the System (4)
In this section, we focus on the associated regular system of the system (4), which is given by
where . For this system has the same first integral as that of the system (4). The dynamics of the system (4) and the system (10) are different in the neighborhood of the straight line . Specially, under some parameter conditions, the variable is a fast variable while the variable is a slow variable in the sense of the geometric singular perturbation theory.
Let and where . We have
It is easy to see that has three real roots:
where Direct calculation gives
and
Let be a positive real root of , one can check directly that in the positive axis of the phase plane, the system (10) has an equilibrium point Furthermore, we have the following facts, which are fundamental for our later analysis.
- (i)
- If and then has two positive real zeros. Furthermore,
- (i1)
- If and then has three positive real zeros satisfying for and for .
- (i2)
- If and either or then has a double positive real zero.
- (i3)
- If and , then has two positive real zeros satisfying for and for .
- (ii)
- When if then has an positive real zero.
Let be the coefficient matrix of the linearized system of the system (10) at an equilibrium point with , and . We have
Let where is given by (5). Based on the above information, we are ready for our qualitative analysis of the problem. We first have the following bifurcations of the phase portraits of the system (4) shown in Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3 and Figure 4.
- (I)
- The case that there exist three equilibrium points (including double points) of the system (4) in the positive axis.
- (II)
- The case that there exist two equilibrium points (including double points) of the system (4) in the positive axis.
- (III)
- The case that there exists one equilibrium point of the system (4) in the positive axis.
3. Explicit Exact Parametric Representations of the Solutions of the System (4) with Three Equilibrium Points and a5 >0
It is known that for a given real number h, the function given by (5) defines level curves of the system (4), which can have different branches. We see from (4) that
Hence, by using the first equation of the system (4), we obtain
where By using (13), we can calculate the parametric representations of of the orbits of the system (4). Because of we only need to find the solutions of More precisely, we use (13) to calculate the explicit exact parametric representations of solutions of the system (4) for the case that there exist three equilibrium points and .
3.1. The Parametric Representations of the Bounded Orbits Given by Figure 1a
In Figure 1a, as h is varied, the changes of level curves defined by are shown in Figure 5, from case (a) to case (e).
Figure 5.
The change of level curves defined by in the case (a) of Figure Section 1.
Next, we only consider the level curves in the right phase plane due to the symmetry as discussed above.
- (i)
- Corresponding to the level curves defined by with , there exist two families of open orbits of the system (4), for which one family tends to the singular straight line , when (see Figure 5a). This open orbit family gives rise to a family of compacton solutions. Correspondingly, (13) can be written asfrom which we obtain the parametric representation of the family of compacton solutions given byHerewhere are the Jacobin elliptic functions (see [23]).
- (ii)
- Corresponding to the level curves defined by with there exists a family of periodic orbits and two families of open orbits of the system (4) (see Figure 5b). For the family of periodic orbits, (13) can be written asfrom which we obtain the parametric representation of the family of periodic solutions of the system (4) given bywhere
- (iii)
- The level curves defined by contain a homoclinic orbit to the equilibrium point and an open orbit (see Figure 5c). For the homoclinic orbit enclosing the equilibrium point , (13) can be written asfrom which one has the parametric representation of a solitary wave solution of the system (4)where For the given by (18), letone hasIt follows that
- (iv)
- The level curves defined by with are two open curve families, for which one curve family tends to the singular straight line as . It gives rise to a compacton solution family having the same parametric representation as that of (14).
- (v)
- The level curves defined by are two stable manifolds and two unstable manifolds of the saddle point , for which two manifolds tend to the singular straight line as (see Figure 5e). For the left stable manifold, (13) can be written asfrom which one has the following parametric representation of the stable manifoldwhere and
3.2. The Parametric Representations of the Heteroclinic Orbits Given by Figure 1b
The level curves defined by contain two heteroclinic orbits connecting the two equilibrium points and , and the stable manifolds and unstable manifolds of these saddle points. For the above heteroclinic orbit, (13) can be written as
from which one has the parametric representation of the the kink wave solution of the system (4):
where and For given by (21), we have
It follows that
3.3. The Parametric Representations of the Homoclinic Orbit Given by Figure 1c
The level curves defined by contain a homoclinic orbit to the equilibrium point and an open orbit which tends to the singular straight line as and passes through the point . For the homoclinic orbit, (13) can be written as
from which one has the parametric representation of a solitary wave solution of the system (4)
where
The open orbit gives rise to the parametric representation of a compaction solution of the system (4)
where
3.4. The Parametric Representations of the Stable Manifold of the Cusp Point Given by Figure 1d
Corresponding to the level curves defined by , in the right self-phase plane, there exists stable and unstable manifolds of the cusp point and an open curve passing through the point . For the stable manifold, (13) can be written as
from which one has
where For given by (25), we have
It follows that
4. Explicit Exact Parametric Representations of the Solutions of the System (4) with Three Equilibrium Points and a5 < 0
In this section, we use (13) to calculate the explicit exact parametric representations of solutions of the system (4) for the case that there exist three equilibrium points and . The discussion is pretty similar as that in Section 3.
4.1. The Parametric Representations of the Bounded Orbits Given by Figure 2a
- (i)
- (ii)
- Corresponding to the level curves defined by with there exist two families of periodic orbits of the system (4), enclosing the equilibrium point and , respectively. For the left family of periodic orbits enclosing the center , (13) can be written asfrom which we obtain the parametric representation of this family of periodic solutions of the system (4) given bywhereWe notice that when h approaches , the periodic orbit in the left family defined by tends to the left homoclinic loop which is close to the singular straight line . Therefore, the left homoclinic orbit gives rise to an envelope pseudo-peakon solution, and the periodic orbit family gives rise to a pseudo-periodic peakon family (see Figure 6a,b).
Figure 6. The profiles of envelope wave given by the orbits in Figure 2a. - (iii)
- Corresponding to the level curves defined by , there exist two homoclinic orbits of the system (4) to the saddle point , enclosing the equilibrium point and , respectively. For the right homoclinic orbit, (13) can be written asfrom which the parametric representation of the bright envelope soliton solution of the system (4) is given by (see Figure 6d):where .
- (iv)
- Corresponding to the level curves defined by with , there exists a global family of periodic orbits enclosing three equilibrium points of the system (4). In this case, this family has the same parametric representation as that of (27).Note that there exists a segment of every periodic orbit in this periodic family for which it is very close to the singular straight line . This global periodic orbit family gives rise to a family of pseudo-periodic peakon solution of the system (4) (see Figure 6c).Similarly, for the orbits shown in Figure 2b,c, one can calculate their parametric representations. We skip it here.
4.2. The Parametric Representations of the Homoclinic Orbit to the Cusp Point Given by Figure 2e
Corresponding to the level curves defined by there is a homoclinic orbit to the cusp point enclosing the equilibrium point . Equation (13) can be written as
from which one has the parametric representation of the bright envelope soliton solution of the system (4) given by
where
For given by (32), we have
It follows that
5. The Parametric Representations of the Homoclinic Orbit and Periodic Orbits Given by Figure 3b
Two cases will be discussed in this part.
- (i)
- Corresponding to the level curves defined by with there exist a family of periodic orbits enclosing the equilibrium point of the system (4) and an open curve family which tends to the singular straight line as For the periodic family, (13) can be written asfrom which one has the parametric representation of the family of periodic solutions of the system (4) given bywhere
- (ii)
- Corresponding to the level curves defined by there exist a homoclinic orbit of the system (4) to the saddle point enclosing the equilibrium point . Equation (13) can be written asfrom which we have the the parametric representation of the bright envelope soliton solution of the system (4) given bywhere
6. Conclusions
In this work, we focus on the exact traveling wave solutions for the coupled nonlinear generalized Zakharov equations under the framework of the dynamical system approach [24,25]. As the first step, we obtain the bifurcations of the phase portraits associated with the planar Hamiltonian system (4), which is discussed in detail in Section 2. Based on it, all possible explicit parametric representations of bounded solutions are obtained, which include pseudo-periodic peakon, pseudo-peakon, smooth periodic wave solutions, solitary solutions, kink wave solution and the compacton solution family. The study in this work provides a better understanding of the model problem and corrects the mistake made in [1] as discussed in Section 1.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization, J.S., F.L. and M.Z.; methodology, J.S. and M.Z.; formal analysis, J.S. and F.L.; writing—original draft preparation, J.S.; writing—review and editing, M.Z.; funding acquisition, J.S., F.L. and M.Z. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
This research was funded by the NSF of China (No. 12471166), the NSF of Shandong Province, China (No. ZR2024MA037), the start-up fund from Linyi University (No. Z6124034), and Simons Foundation of USA (No. 628308).
Data Availability Statement
Data are contained within the article.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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