Complex dynamics and bifurcations in a Hamiltonian system having a transversal homoclinic orbit to a saddle focus

A Hamiltonian system having a saddle-focus singular point with a transversal homoclinic orbit is considered. The bifurcations that occur upon a variation of the Hamiltonian are studied. Reconstructions of a symbolic system describing the hyperbolic set are investigated. Bifurcations linked with the appearance of Smale horseshoes are pointed out. The results are applied to a system determining traveling-wave solutions of the Landau-Lifshitz equation. Multisolitons with any number of humps can exist.