arXiv · 2608.09553
Transverse Instability and Bifurcation Analysis of the line soliton for the NLS equation on a Fractured Strip
Abstract
We consider the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation on a two-dimensional strip with an attractive $\delta$ interaction and power nonlinearity. We investigate the transverse stability and bifurcation of line solitons as the width of the strip varies. We first establish local well-posedness in $H^1$, conservation of mass and energy, and global existence in the $H^1$-subcritical regime. We then identify a critical width $L_*$ at which the line soliton undergoes a transverse instability. More precisely, we prove orbital stability for $L L_*$. At the critical width, a simple eigenvalue of the linearized operator crosses zero, and we construct, via the Lyapunov-Schmidt reduction, a branch of positive nontrivial stationary solutions bifurcating from the line soliton. We determine the direction of this bifurcation by computing the second-order variation of the width along the branch. Finally, we investigate the orbital stability of the bifurcating solitons and obtain a stability criterion which can be evaluated in the regime of sufficiently small interaction strength.
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Hiroaki Kikuchi, Boris Shakarov, Kenta Tomioka. 2026-08-10. Transverse Instability and Bifurcation Analysis of the line soliton for the NLS equation on a Fractured Strip. https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.09553
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