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Double-delta potentials: one dimensional scattering. The Casimir effect and kink fluctuations

Mathematical Physics 2011-06-10 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP

Abstract

The path is explored between one-dimensional scattering through Dirac-δ\delta walls and one-dimensional quantum field theories defined on a finite length interval with Dirichlet boundary conditions. It is found that two δ\delta's are related to the Casimir effect whereas two δ\delta's plus the first transparent Po¨\ddot{\rm o}sch-Teller well arise in the context of the sine-Gordon kink fluctuations, both phenomena subjected to Dirichlet boundary conditions. One or two delta wells will be also explored in order to describe absorbent plates, even though the wells lead to non unitary Quantum Field Theories.

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@article{arxiv.1010.3116,
  title  = {Double-delta potentials: one dimensional scattering. The Casimir effect and kink fluctuations},
  author = {J. Mateos Guilarte and Jose M. Muñoz-Castañeda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.3116},
  year   = {2011}
}

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15 pages. To be published in the International Journal of Theoretical Physics

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