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Stability of Kink Defects in a Deformed O(3) Linear Sigma Model

Mathematical Physics 2009-11-07 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP

Abstract

We identify the kinks of a deformed O(3) linear Sigma model as the solutions of a set of first-order systems of equations; the above model is a generalization of the MSTB model with a three-component scalar field. Taking into account certain kink energy sum rules we show that the variety of kinks has the structure of a moduli space that can be compactified in a fairly natural way. The generic kinks, however, are unstable and Morse Theory provides the framework for the analysis of kink stability.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0204041,
  title  = {Stability of Kink Defects in a Deformed O(3) Linear Sigma Model},
  author = {A. Alonso Izquierdo and M. A. Gonzalez Leon and J. Mateos Guilarte},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0204041},
  year   = {2009}
}

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32 pages, 1 figure; to appear in Nonlinearity