The hydrodynamics of soliton gases

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• Benjamin Doyon (King's College London)
• Monday 11 July 2022, 15:00-15:30
• Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute.

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HY2W01 - Modulation theory and dispersive shock waves

Hydrodynamics is a powerful framework for large-wavelength phenomena in many-body systems. At its basis is the assumption that one can reduce the dynamics to that of long-lived, effective degrees of freedom obtained from the available conservation laws. In the context of conservative nonlinear dispersive equations, this is closely related to Whitham modulation theory. Recently, a hydrodynamic theory for many-body integrable systems, which accounts for their extensive number of conservation laws, was devised, called ``generalised hydrodynamics” (GHD). It is universal framework for both quantum and classical systems, and when applied to the soliton gases of integrable dispersive equations, it gives a new perspective on Whitham modulation. For instance, the condensate regime of soliton gases is much like the zero-entropy regime of quantum gases. I will review the basic aspects of GHD in the context of the KdV soliton gas, and propose some directions for future research.

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