The Bose-Hubbard model is used to study bosons in optical lattices. In this thesis we will use an extended Bose-Hubbard model to study a type of completely localized solutions, called compactons. The compactons are a special case of the much studied solitons. The soliton is a familiar concept in non-linear physics. It is a stable, localized wave-solution, found in a range of different systems; from DNA-molecules to optical fibers. The compacton is a soliton that is completely localized, i.e. strictly zero outside a given area. The dynamics of the (extended) Bose-Hubbard model is based on the tunneling of particles between the lattice sites. The ordinary Bose-Hubbard model only accounts for one-particle tunneling processes. We will consider a model that also takes some two-particle tunneling processes into account, basically by considering long-range effects of the particle interaction. The aim of this thesis is to find and study the quantum analog of the compactons found in an extended Discrete Non-Linear Schrödinger equation. We will study analytical solutions and try to find if and under which conditions specific compactons exist. Numerical calculations are made to study the properties of the compactons and to study how compacton solutions arise in the classical limit.

Submitted by Izabel Franco (izabel-franco@ufscar.br) on 2016-09-23T14:42:46Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DissPLS.pdf: 887262 bytes, checksum: e54f2438d019bad9fa31a2f0e8b98d66 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Marina Freitas (marinapf@ufscar.br) on 2016-09-26T20:40:36Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DissPLS.pdf: 887262 bytes, checksum: e54f2438d019bad9fa31a2f0e8b98d66 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Marina Freitas (marinapf@ufscar.br) on 2016-09-26T20:40:46Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DissPLS.pdf: 887262 bytes, checksum: e54f2438d019bad9fa31a2f0e8b98d66 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-26T20:40:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DissPLS.pdf: 887262 bytes, checksum: e54f2438d019bad9fa31a2f0e8b98d66 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-04-24 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / The Rosenau-Hyman, or K(m, n), equations are a generalized version of the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation where the dipersive term is non-linear. Such partial differential equations not always have a specific method by which can be solved, besides the solutions are not always analytical. The Lie symmetry method was applied to look for solutions of these equations. This method consists in finding the most general symmetry group of the equation, wherewith the solution can be found. It was found an expression to the solution and to some particular cases. It was shown that in the case K(2, 2) a new kind of solution, called compacton, with peculiar properties is found. / Equações Rosenau-Hyman, ou K(m, n), são uma versão generalizada da equação Kortewegde Vries (KdV) em que o termo dispersivo é não-linear. Essas equações diferencias nãolineares nem sempre possuem um método específico pelo qual podem ser resolvidas, além de que as soluções nem sempre são analíticas. O método de simetria de Lie foi aplicado para buscar por soluções dessas equações. Esse método consiste em encontrar o grupo de simetria mais geral da equação, por meio do qual a solução pode ser encontrada. Obteve-se uma expressão para a solução e alguns casos particulares. Foi mostrado que para K(2, 2) um novo tipo de solução, chamada compacton, com propriedades peculiares é encontrado.