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A discrete selftrapping equation model for Scheibe aggregates

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Nonlinear Coherent Structures in Physics and Biology

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A discrete nonlinear model for the dynamics of Scheibe aggregates is proposed. The collapse of the collective excitations found by Möbius and Kuhn is described in the isotropic case as a shrinking ring-wave which is eventually absorbed by an acceptor molecule.

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Bang, O., Christiansen, P.L. (1991). A discrete selftrapping equation model for Scheibe aggregates. In: Remoissenet, M., Peyrand, M. (eds) Nonlinear Coherent Structures in Physics and Biology. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 393. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-54890-4_163

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