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Quantization of Sine-Gordon solitons on the circle: semiclassical vs. exact results

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-02-02 v1

Abstract

We consider the semiclassical quantization of sine-Gordon solitons on the circle with periodic and anti-periodic boundary conditions. The 1-loop quantum corrections to the mass of the solitons are determined using zeta function regularization in the integral representation. We compare the semiclassical results with exact numerical calculations in the literature and find excellent agreement even outside the plain semiclassical regime.

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@article{arxiv.0808.0696,
  title  = {Quantization of Sine-Gordon solitons on the circle: semiclassical vs. exact results},
  author = {Michael Pawellek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.0696},
  year   = {2009}
}

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20 pages, 5 figures