On the Dynamics of Vortices and Solitary Waves
Speaker:
Stephen Gustafson, University of British Columbia
Date and Time:
Friday, August 29, 2003 - 9:15am to 10:00am
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 230
Abstract:
We present results describing the dynamics of stable, localized structures in solutions of nonlinear evolutions PDEs. The main examples are superconducting vortices (GinzburgLandau equations) and solitary waves (nonlinear Schroedinger equations).