A new constrained mKP hierarchy and the generalized Darboux transformation for the mKP equation with self-consistent sources

Abstract

The mKP equation with self-consistent sources (mKPESCS) is treated in the framework of the constrained mKP hierarchy. We introduce a new constrained mKP hierarchy which may be viewed as the stationary hierarchy of the mKP hierarchy with self-consistent sources. This offers a natural way to obtain the Lax representation for the mKPESCS. Based on the conjugate Lax pairs, we construct the generalized Darboux transformation with arbitrary functions in time t for the mKPESCS which, in contrast with the Darboux transformation for the mKP equation, provides a nonauto-Bäcklund transformation between two mKPESCSs with different degrees. The formula for n -times repeated generalized Darboux transformation is proposed and enables us to find the rational solutions (including the lump solutions), soliton solutions and the solutions of breather type of the mKPESCS.