Kink-antikink scattering in a quantum vacuum
Abstract
We study kink-antikink scattering in the sine-Gordon model in the presence of interactions with an additional scalar field, ψ, that is in its quantum vacuum. In contrast to the classical scattering, now there is quantum radiation of ψ quanta and the kink-antikink may form bound states that resemble breathers of the sine-Gordon model. We quantify the rate of radiation and map the parameters for which bound states are formed. Even these bound states radiate and decay, and eventually there is a transition into long-lived oscillons.
- Authors:
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- Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (United States)
- Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) (Spain)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation; Generalitat de Catalunya; National Science Foundation (NSF); La Caixa Foundation; European Union’s Horizon 2020; Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1976470
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0019470; 2020-115845GB-I00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033; AWD00035045; PHY-1613708; PHY-2012195; 100010434; 847648
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online); Journal Volume: 2022; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
- Publisher:
- Springer Nature
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; lattice quantum field theory; solitons monopoles and instantons; topological field theories; integrable field theories
Citation Formats
Mukhopadhyay, Mainak, Sfakianakis, Evangelos I., Vachaspati, Tanmay, and Zahariade, George. Kink-antikink scattering in a quantum vacuum. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1007/jhep04(2022)118.
Mukhopadhyay, Mainak, Sfakianakis, Evangelos I., Vachaspati, Tanmay, & Zahariade, George. Kink-antikink scattering in a quantum vacuum. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep04(2022)118
Mukhopadhyay, Mainak, Sfakianakis, Evangelos I., Vachaspati, Tanmay, and Zahariade, George. Thu .
"Kink-antikink scattering in a quantum vacuum". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep04(2022)118. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1976470.
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title = {Kink-antikink scattering in a quantum vacuum},
author = {Mukhopadhyay, Mainak and Sfakianakis, Evangelos I. and Vachaspati, Tanmay and Zahariade, George},
abstractNote = {We study kink-antikink scattering in the sine-Gordon model in the presence of interactions with an additional scalar field, ψ, that is in its quantum vacuum. In contrast to the classical scattering, now there is quantum radiation of ψ quanta and the kink-antikink may form bound states that resemble breathers of the sine-Gordon model. We quantify the rate of radiation and map the parameters for which bound states are formed. Even these bound states radiate and decay, and eventually there is a transition into long-lived oscillons.},
doi = {10.1007/jhep04(2022)118},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
number = 4,
volume = 2022,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 21 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Thu Apr 21 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
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