Articles | Volume 24, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-24-695-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-24-695-2017
Brief communication
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23 Nov 2017
Brief communication |  | 23 Nov 2017

Brief communication: Multiscaled solitary waves

Oleg G. Derzho

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It is analytically shown how competing nonlinearities yield multiscaled structures for internal solitary waves in stratified fluids. These solitary waves only exist for large amplitudes beyond the limit of applicability of the KdV/mKdV equations. Multiscaled waves without vortex cores are shown to be structurally unstable. It is anticipated that multiscaling phenomena will exist for solitary waves in various physical contexts.