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In this chapter we present the properties of breathers in the FK model. First, we discuss the breathers in a weakly discrete SG model where the discreteness is treated as a small perturbation. One of the most remarkable features in this case is associated with multi-soliton effects and fractal soliton scattering. Then we discuss nonlinear modes localized at impurities—nonlinear impurity modes. Last, we describe the case of very localized discrete modes — discrete breathers.
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Braun, O.M., Kivshar, Y.S. (2004). Breathers. In: The Frenkel-Kontorova Model. Texts and Monographs in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10331-9_4
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