Trapping of a model-system for a soliton in a well

Abstract

The nature of the interaction of a soliton with an attractive well is elucidated using a model of two interacting point particles. The system shows the existence of trapped states at positive kinetic energy, as well as reflection by an attractive impurity, as found when a topological soliton scatters off an attractive well.

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