Lax pair, infinitely many conservation laws and solitons for a (2+1)-dimensional Heisenberg ferromagnetic spin chain equation with time-dependent coefficients

Under investigation in this paper is a (2 + 1)-dimensional Heisenberg ferromagnetic spin chain equation with time-dependent coefficients. Based on the symbolic computation, Lax pair and infinitely many conservation laws are constructed. Multi-soliton solutions are derived by virtue of the Darboux transformation. Propagation and interaction properties of the solitons are discussed. Amplitude of the soliton is determined by the spectral parameter and wave number, while the velocity is related to both these parameters and the time-dependent coefficients. Elastic interactions between the two solitons are displayed, and their amplitudes keep unchanged after the interaction except for the phase shifts. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.