Dynamics of degenerate and nondegenerate solitons in the two-component nonlinear Schrodinger equations coupled to Boussinesq equation

Abstract The paper studies the dynamics of degenerate and nondegenerate bright solitons and their collisions in the two-component nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations coupled to Boussinesq equation. The degenerate solitons that have only single-hump profiles, exhibit both elastic and inelastic collisions, and their velocities are identical in the two short wave (SW) components and in the long wave (LW) component. The nondegenerate single solitons have two different forms: one of them has double- or single-hump profiles and identical velocities in all SW and LW components, and the other one only admits single-hump profiles and has unequal velocities in the two SW components. The collisions of nondegenerate solitons cannot result in the redistribution of soliton intensities. Three different types of collisions of nondegenerate two-soliton solutions are studied in detail.