Abstract

A direct perturbation theory is developed to study the effects of small perturbations on the interaction process of algebraic solitons of the Benjamin-Ono (BO) equation. Using the method of multiple scales, the modulation equations for the amplitude and the phase of each soliton are derived in the lowest approximation. As practical applications of the theory, the interaction of two solitons is investigated for the two different types of perturbations that appear in real physical systems. One is a dissipative perturbation (BO--Burgers equation) and the other is a dispersive perturbation (higher-order BO equation). In both cases, the changes of the soliton parameters due to small perturbation are calculated by numerical integrations and their characteristics are elucidated in detail. Among them, the phase shift caused by the dispersive perturbation is a remarkable feature that has never been observed in the collision process of algebraic solitons.

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