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A Resonance in Elastic Kink-Meson Scattering

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-03-30 v1

Abstract

We analytically sum the leading bubble diagrams that contribute to the elastic scattering amplitude of a kink and a meson in the ϕ4\phi^4 double-well model. We find a single peak, corresponding to the unstable kink state in which the shape mode is excited twice. The peak has the usual Breit-Wigner form, and its imaginary part agrees with the shape mode decay rate found by Manton and Merabet.

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@article{arxiv.2603.26070,
  title  = {A Resonance in Elastic Kink-Meson Scattering},
  author = {Bilguun Bayarsaikhan and Jarah Evslin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.26070},
  year   = {2026}
}

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37 pages, 7 figures

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