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Soliton vacuum energies and the CP(1) model

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Abstract

The quantum properties of solitons at one loop can be related to phase shifts of waves on the soliton background. These can be combined with heat kernel methods to calculate various parameters. The vacuum energy of a CP(1) soliton in 2 + 1 dimensions is calculated as an example.

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Author(s): Moss IG

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Year: 1999

Volume: 460

Issue: 1-2

Pages: 103-106

Print publication date: 05/08/1999

ISSN (print): 0370-2693

ISSN (electronic): 1873-2445

Publisher: Elsevier

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00788-1

DOI: 10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00788-1

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