Darboux transformation and soliton solutions of a nonlocal Hirota equation

Abstract

Starting from local coupled Hirota equations, we provide a reverse space-time nonlocal Hirota equation by the symmetry reduction method known as the Ablowitz–Kaup–Newell–Segur scattering problem. The Lax integrability of the nonlocal Hirota equation is also guaranteed by existence of the Lax pair. By Lax pair, an n-fold Darboux transformation is constructed for the nonlocal Hirota equation by which some types of exact solutions are found. The solutions with specific properties are distinct from those of the local Hirota equation. In order to further describe the properties and the dynamic features of the solutions explicitly, several kinds of graphs are depicted.