Abstract
We consider the perturbed Hamiltonian system
uf = O~6H(u) - cP(u)
with H(u) = v 1 2 lua)dx. We prove for vaxious perturbations P(u) that there is a f(2 ux +
unique bifurcation point of traveling wave solutions on the curve of relative equilibria u~
such that
H(u~) = m~n{H(u) I /u 2 = 9"}.
As an additional result, the curve 9' ~ H(u-~) is proven to be concave.