Multi-symplectic Runge-Kutta methods for Landau-Ginzburg-Higgs equation

Nonlinear wave equations have been extensively investigated in the last several decades. The Landau-Ginzburg-Higgs equation, a typical nonlinear wave equation, is studied in this paper based on the multi-symplectic theory in the Hamilton space. The multi-symplectic Runge-Kutta method is reviewed, and a semi-implicit scheme with certain discrete conservation laws is constructed to solve the first-order partial differential equations (PDEs) derived from the Landau-Ginzburg-Higgs equation. The numerical results for the soliton solution of the Landau-Ginzburg-Higgs equation are reported, showing that the multi-symplectic Runge-Kutta method is an efficient algorithm with excellent long-time numerical behaviors.