Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation with a source and its soliton solutions

A new class of coupled soliton equations in 2+1 dimensions is proposed. They describe the interactions of a wavepacket of short waves with a single long wave on the xy plane. The N-soliton solutions of the equations are obtained explicitly. The proposed system of equations is also shown to include, as special cases, various known physical equations, indicating that the system is relevant to describe physical systems and may have wide applications in hydrodynamics and plasma physics, etc.