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Setting Limits on Supersymmetry Using Simplified Models
Published on: November 15, 2013
Minimal model dynamics for twelvefold quasipatterns
Damià Gomila1, Daniel Walgraef1
1IFISC (CSIC-UIB), Instituto de Física Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Abstract:
A dynamical model of the Swift-Hohenberg type is proposed to describe the formation of twelvefold quasipattern as observed, for instance, in optical systems. The model incorporates the general mechanisms leading to quasipattern formation and does not need external forcing to generate them. Besides quadratic nonlinearities, the model takes into account an angular dependence of the nonlinear couplings between spatial modes with different orientations. Furthermore, the marginal stability curve presents other local minima than the one corresponding to critical modes, as usual in optical systems. Quasipatterns form when one of these secondary minima may be associated with harmonics built on pairs of critical modes. The model is analyzed numerically and in the framework of amplitude equations. The results confirm the importance of harmonics to stabilize quasipatterns and assess the applicability of the model to other systems with similar generic properties.
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