Bilinear identities for an extended B-type Kadomtsev–Petviashvili hierarchy

Abstract

We construct bilinear identities for wave functions of an extended B-type Kadomtsev–Petviashvili (BKP) hierarchy containing two types of (2+1)-dimensional Sawada–Kotera equations with a self-consistent source. Introducing an auxiliary variable corresponding to the extended flow for the BKP hierarchy, we find the τ -function and bilinear identities for this extended BKP hierarchy. The bilinear identities generate all the Hirota bilinear equations for the zero-curvature forms of this extended BKP hierarchy. As examples, we obtain the Hirota bilinear equations for the two types of (2+1)-dimensional Sawada–Kotera equations in explicit form.