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Title: 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:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [1];  [2]
  1. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (United States)
  2. 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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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.},
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