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One-Loop Quantum Stress-Energy Tensor for the Kink and sine-Gordon Solitons

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-05-26 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We compute the renormalized one-loop quantum corrections to the energy density T00(x)T_{00}(x) and pressure T11(x)T_{11}(x) for solitons in the 1+11+1 dimensional scalar sine-Gordon and kink models. We show how precise implementation of counterterms in dimensional regularization resolves previously identified discrepancies between the integral of T00(x)T_{00}(x) and the known correction to the total energy.

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@article{arxiv.2403.08677,
  title  = {One-Loop Quantum Stress-Energy Tensor for the Kink and sine-Gordon Solitons},
  author = {Noah Graham and Herbert Weigel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.08677},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

10 pages, 2 figures; v2: minor edits to match journal version; v3: correct grant number