Nonlinear Waves Seminar

On super free fall Patrick Weidman Department of Mechanical Engineering , University of Colorado Boulder Date and time: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 - 4:00pm Location: ECOT 226 Abstract: Villermaux & Pomeau (J. Fluid Mech. 2010) analyzed the motion of the interface of an inviscid liquid column released from rest in...

Gas dynamics of solitons in integrable systems Gennady El Department of Mathematical Sciences , Loughborough University Date and time: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 4:00pm Location: ECOT 226 Abstract: The collective dynamics of a large number of random solitons in an integrable system are described by the soliton gas kinetic...

Traveling edge waves in photonic graphene Yiping Ma Applied Mathematics , University of Colorado Boulder Date and time: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 - 4:00pm Location: ECOT 226 Abstract: Photonic graphene, namely an honeycomb array of optical waveguide, has attracted much interest in the optics community. In recent experiments it was...

Dispersive shock waves in the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili and two dimensional Benjamin-Ono equations Ali Demirci Department of Mathematics , Istanbul Technical University Date and time: Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 4:00pm Abstract: Dispersive shock waves (DSWs) in the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (KP) equation and two dimensional Benjamin-Ono (2DBO) equation are considered using parabolic front...

Validation of a Numerical Solution of the Fully Non-linear Weakly Dispersive Serre Equations for Steep Gradient Flows Christopher Zoppou Mathematical Sciences Institute, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Australian National University Date and time: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 4:00pm Location: ECOT 226 Abstract: Rapidly-varying free-surface flows are characterized by...

Dark-bright soliton solutions with nontrivial polarization interactions for the three-component defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation Barbara Prinari Department of Mathematics , University of Colorado Colorado Springs Date and time: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 4:00pm Location: ECOT 226 Abstract: In this talk we will present novel dark-bright soliton solutions for the...

A periodic reduction of the integrable partial difference equations on the 4-dimensional integer lattice Nobutaka Nakazono School of Mathematics and Statistics , University of Sydney Date and time: Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - 4:30pm Location: ECOT 226 Abstract: It is well known that integrable PDEs such as the KdV equation...

Monsters of the deep: Rogue Waves Theodoros Horikis Department of Mathematics, University of Ioannina Date and time: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 - 4:00pm Location: ECOT 226 Abstract: It is common for mid-ocean storm waves to reach seven meters in height, and in extreme conditions such waves can reach heights of...

Quantum Limits to frequency combs Steven Cundiff Department of Physics and JILA Science , University of Colorado Boulder Date and time: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 - 4:30pm Location: ECOT 226 Abstract: Optical frequency combs based on mode-locked lasers have revolutionized optical frequency metrology and enabled optical atomic clocks. In both...

Meso/Macroscopic Models for Flow Optimization in Vascular Networks Radu Cascaval Department of Mathematics , University of Colorado Colorado Springs Date and time: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 4:30pm Location: ECOT 226 Abstract: The cardiovascular system is designed to be a very robust system, meant to function under a wide range...