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Coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations for interfacial fluids with a free surface

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For interfacial fluids with a free surface, we derive a new system of coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations in the small amplitude, quasimonochromatic limit. The derivation uses a recently derived nonlocal formulation of interfacial fluids bounded by a free surface.

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  1. Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado, USA

    M. J. Ablowitz & T. S. Haut

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Prepared from an English manuscript submitted by the authors; for the Russian version, see Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 159, No. 3, pp. 326–335, June, 2009.

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Ablowitz, M.J., Haut, T.S. Coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations for interfacial fluids with a free surface. Theor Math Phys 159, 689–697 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11232-009-0057-8

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