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solitary wave - (physics) a quantum of energy or quasiparticle that can be propagated as a traveling wave in nonlinear systems and is neither preceded nor followed by another such disturbance; does not obey the superposition principle and does not dissipate; "soliton waves can travel long distances with little loss of energy or structure"

natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"

traveling wave, travelling wave - a wave in which the medium moves in the direction of propagation of the wave

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Knupp, 2011: Radiometer and profiler analysis of the effects of a bore and a solitary wave on the stability of the nocturnal boundary layer.

BORE-ING INTO NOCTURNAL CONVECTION

Their topics include solitary wave generation due to passage through the local resonance, asymptotic expansions of singular perturbation theory, the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, and nonlinear Cauchy problems for elliptic equations.

Nonlinear Equations with Small Parameter; Volume 2: Waves and Boundary Problems

In the event that two pulses of optical soliton are united, they bit by bit twist lastly converges into a solitary wave parcel.

The Optical Soliton Propagation in Nonlinear Dispersive Fiber

However, to the best of our knowledge, few researchers have studied the existence of periodic wave solutions and the nonexistence of solitary wave solutions for the singular p-Laplacian problems with impulsive effects.

Solitary Wave and Periodic Wave Solutions for a Class of Singular p-Laplacian Systems with Impulsive Effects

However, by considering the time slow- varying basic flow, the KdV-type Rossby solitary wave can represent the life cycle of dipole blocking [9].

3D Variable Coefficient KdV Equation and Atmospheric Dipole Blocking

If the values of both [beta] and [gamma] are of the same sign then both terms give balance effect resulting in the formation of solitary wave envelope [37].

Nonlinear Evolution of Benjamin-Bona-Mahony Wave Packet due to an Instability of a Pair of Modulations

The solitary wave solutions and new traveling wave solutions can be derived when special values of the parameters are taken.

Theoretical and Computational Advances in Nonlinear Dynamical Systems 2018

In recent years, quite a few methods for obtaining explicit traveling and solitary wave solutions of nonlinear evolution equations have been proposed.

Soliton Solutions of the Coupled Schrodinger-Boussinesq Equations for Kerr Law Nonlinearity

In the last decade, a great number of researchers have paid a particular attention to the study of solitary wave equations that undergo the influence of external perturbations.

Around Chaotic Disturbance and Irregularity for Higher Order Traveling Waves

Internal solitary wave transformation at the bottom step in two-layer flow: the Gardner and Navier--Stokes frameworks.

The impact of seasonal changes in stratification on the dynamics of internal waves in the Sea of Okhotsk

TWO-FLUID, SELF-SIMILAR NONLINEAR SOLITARY WAVE EQUATIONS IN BRAIN PLASMA

Plasma brain dynamics (PBD): a mechanism for EEG waves under human consciousness