Two-dimensional lumps in nonlinear dispersive systems

Abstract

Two-dimensional lump solutions which decay to a uniform state in all directions are obtained for the Kadomtsev–Petviashvili and a two-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger type equation. The amplitude of these solutions is rational in its independent variables. These solutions are constructed by taking a ’’long wave’’ limit of the corresponding N-soliton solutions obtained by direct methods. The solutions describing multiple collisions of lumps are also presented.