Time-periodic forcing of spatially localized structures

Abstract

We study localized states in the Swift–Hohenberg equation when time-periodic parametric forcing is introduced. The presence of a time-dependent forcing introduces a new characteristic time which creates a series of resonances with the depinning time of the fronts bounding the localized pattern. The organization of these resonances in parameter space can be understood using appropriate asymptotics. A number of distinct canard trajectories involved in the observed transitions is constructed.