Quantum Properties of Periodic Instantons on a Circle
High Energy Physics - Theory
2011-02-11 v3
Abstract
Quantum properties of a (1+1)-dimensional scalar theory on a cylinder with a compact spatial part, namely, , are considered. In particular, quantum theory around the classical periodic field configurations is studied and the lifetime of a quantum periodic instanton is estimated.
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@article{arxiv.1006.2257,
title = {Quantum Properties of Periodic Instantons on a Circle},
author = {Avtandil Shurgaia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.2257},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
The lifetime of periodic instantons is estimated in a doublwell scalar model, 11 pages, a section 5 added, the large and small sizes of a circle are discussed, typos corrected