Soliton ''dictionary'' for massive quantum electrodynamics

Journal Article · Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 1975 · Phys. Rev., D, v. 12, no. 8, pp. 2330-2336

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.12.2330· OSTI ID:4092620

Kaku, M

The Thirring model and the sine-Gordon theory in two dimensions were shown to be equivalent. One extends this result by demonstrating the equivalence between massive QED (with self-interacting fermions) and a vector generalization of the sine-Gordon theory. This equivalence is demonstrated by perturbation theory and by constructing the appropriate transformation between the two sets of fields. Because the sine-Gordon equation is known to have classical ''kink'' soliton solutions, one is led to suspect that hadrons correspond to extended solutions to the equations of motion in the strong-coupling region. (auth)

• Research Organization: City Coll., New York
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• NSA Number: NSA-33-027902
• OSTI ID: 4092620
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev., D, v. 12, no. 8, pp. 2330-2336, Journal Name: Phys. Rev., D, v. 12, no. 8, pp. 2330-2336; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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