Abstract
The properties of vibrational localized (breathers) and traveling (anharmonic phonons) waves are discussed in an infinite, one-dimensional, monoatomic crystal for the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam and Frenkel-Kontorova models. The shooting and finite difference schemes have been implemented to reckon the displacement fields of breathers and anharmonic phonons, respectively. These tools provide localized and traveling waves proving to be indefinitely stable in simulations carried out by solving the equations of motion. The emphasis is laid on the role of the cubic and quartic terms of the anharmonic potential which turn out to oppose and to shore up the restoring force, respectively. The case of vibrational modes arising in an anharmonic crystal subject to a soft phonon induced instability is also addressed.
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