title: Solitons in anharmonic chains with ultra-long-range interatomic interactions
abstract: We study the influence of long-range interatomic interactions on the properties of supersonic pulse solitons in anharmonic chains. We show that in the case of ultra-long-range (e.g., screened Coulomb) interactions three different types of pulse solitons coexist in a certain velocity interval: one type is unstable but the two others are stable. The high-energy stable soliton is broad and can be described in the quasicontinuum approximation. But the low-energy stable soliton consists of two components, short-range and long-range ones, and can be considered as a bound state of these components.
authors.affiliation: Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, 03143 Kiev, Ukraine.
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Mingaleev
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Gaididei
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Mertens