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Wave-particle duality of solitons and solitonic analog of the Ramsauer-Townsend effect

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We show that the scaling symmetry breaking in soliton scattering reveals the hidden role of the soliton self-interaction (“binding”) energy and its dramatic impact on the wave-particle duality of solitons. Solitonic analog of the de Broglie wavelength and phenomenon similar to the Ramsauer-Taunsend effect can be discovered for Schrödinger solitons.

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Belyaeva, T.L., Serkin, V.N. Wave-particle duality of solitons and solitonic analog of the Ramsauer-Townsend effect. Eur. Phys. J. D 66, 153 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2012-30214-2

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