Solitary wave interaction in a compact equation for deep-water gravity waves
F. Fedele, D. Dutykh*
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering & School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology,
GA 30332 Atlanta, USA
*LAMA UMR 5127 CNRS, Universitéde Savoie, Campus Scientifique, 73376 Le Bourget-du-Lac Cedex, France
Abstract
In this study we compute numerical traveling wave solutions to a
compact version of the Zakharov equation for unidirectional deep-water waves
recently derived by Dyachenko & Zakharov. Furthermore,
by means of an accurate Fourier-type spectral scheme we find that solitary
waves appear to collide elastically, suggesting the integrability of the
Zakharov equation.