The Frenkel-Kontorova Model
Subtitle: Concepts, Methods, and Applications (Theoretical and Mathematical Physics)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: February 20, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9783540407713
Subjects: States of matter; Solid State Physics; Physics; Science; Science/Mathematics; Material Science; Breather; DNA Dynamics; Dislocation Dynamics; Driven Dynamics; Frenkel-Kontorova Model; Kink; Nonlinear Condensed Matter Physics; Ratchet; Science / Physics; Sine-Gordon Equation; Thermalized Dynamics; Nonlinear theories
First sentence: This introductory chapter is intended to provide a general overview of the classical formulation of the Frenkel-Kontorova model and its continuum version, the sine-Gordon equation.