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Extended objects (defects) in Quantum Field Theory exhibit rich, nontrivial dynamics describing a variety of physical phenomena. These systems often involve strong coupling at long distances, where the bulk and defects interact, making…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-14 Andrea Antinucci , Christian Copetti , Giovanni Galati , Giovanni Rizi

Using the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) method, we study the quantum coherence in one-dimensional disordered Fermi systems. We consider in detail spinless fermions on a ring, and compare the influence of several kinds of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-09-27 C. Schuster , U. Eckern

The turbulent transport of impurity particles in plasma edge turbulence is investigated. The impurities are modeled as a passive fluid advected by the electric and polarization drifts, while the ambient plasma turbulence is modeled using…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Priego , O. E. Garcia , V. Naulin , J. Juul Rasmussen

This paper investigates a model containing $\phi^4$ kinks interacting with fermions. The fermion back-reaction is included in the equations of motion, which affects the kink-antikink collisions. We show that the fermion field generates a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-12-09 João G. F. Campos , Azadeh Mohammadi

We investigate the propagation of fronts in an inhomogeneous medium within the framework of the $\phi^4$ model. The inhomogeneity is modeled either as an interface separating regions with different dissipation or as a finite layer with…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2026-05-18 Jacek Gatlik , Tomasz Dobrowolski , Dominika Lasa , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis

In this study, based on the $\varphi^4$ model, a new model (called the $B\varphi^4$ model) is introduced in which the potential form for the values of the field whose magnitudes are greater than $1$ is multiplied by the positive number $B$.…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2022-11-14 Mohammad Mohammadi , Ehsan Momeni

We investigate quantum impurity problems, where a local magnetic moment is coupled to the spin density of a bosonic environment, leading to bosonic versions of the standard Kondo and Anderson impurity models. In a physical situation, these…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2008-11-26 Serge Florens , Lars Fritz , Matthias Vojta

Quantum impurity models (QIMs) are ubiquitous throughout physics. As simplified toy models they provide crucial insights for understanding more complicated strongly correlated systems, while in their own right are accurate descriptions of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-10-12 Colin Rylands , Pasquale Calabrese

Topological insulators are insulating bulk materials hosting conducting surface states. Their magnetic doping breaks time-reversal symmetry and generates numerous interesting effects such as dissipationless transport. Nonetheless, their…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-15 Juba Bouaziz , Manuel dos Santos Dias , Filipe Souza Mendes Guimarães , Samir Lounis

Using a recent thermal-field-theory approach to cosmological perturbations, the exact solutions that were found for collisionless ultrarelativistic matter are generalized to include the effects from weak self-interactions in a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 Herbert Nachbagauer , Anton K. Rebhan , Dominik J. Schwarz

We characterise the particlelike kinematics of charge-carrying topological defects in nematic media via a geometric field theory. This differs from the theory of electromagnetism, with which it is often compared, due to the absence of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-05-22 Joseph Pollard , Richard G. Morris

In this article we discuss a series of models introduced by Barashenkov, Oxtoby and Pelinovsky to describe some discrete approximations to the \phi^4 theory which preserve travelling kink solutions. We show, by applying the multiple scale…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-05-20 C. Scimiterna , D. Levi

Impurities coupled to superconductors offer a controlled platform to understand the interplay between superconductivity, many-body interactions, and non-equilibrium physics. In the equilibrium situation, local interactions at the impurity…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-12-17 R. Seoane Souto , A. E. Feiguin , A. Martín-Rodero , A. Levy Yeyati

In the present study the interaction of a sine-Gordon kink with a localized inhomogeneity is considered. In the absence of dissipation, the inhomogeneity considered is found to impose a potential energy barrier. The motion of the kink for…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2025-02-14 Jacek Gatlik , Tomasz Dobrowolski , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis

The description of the properties of liquid Helium is a challenge for any microscopic many-body theory. In this context, we study the ground state and the excitation spectrum of one $^3$He impurity in liquid $^4$He at T=0 with the aim of…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-11-23 A. Polls , A. Fabrocini

If energy is suddenly released in a localized region of space uniformly filled with identical stationary hard spheres, the outcome is a blast with an asymptotically spherical shock wave separating moving and stationary hard spheres. The…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-01-15 Umesh Kumar , Abhishek Dhar , P. L. Krapivsky

Dirac equation requires $E=mc^2$ energy of resting particle, leading to some $\exp(-iEt/\hbar)$ its evolution - periodic process of $\omega=mc^2/\hbar$ frequency, literally propelled by mass of particle, confirmed experimentally e.g. for…

General Physics · Physics 2025-07-25 Jarek Duda

We study the elasticity of the collision of two kinks with an incoming low speed $v\in (0,1)$ for the nonlinear wave equation in dimension $1+1$ known as the $\phi^{6}$ model. We prove for any $k\in\mathbb{N}$ that if the incoming speed $v$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-10 Abdon Moutinho

We present a model of two-kinks resulting from an explicit composition of two standards kinks of the $\phi^4$ model based on the procedure of Ref. \cite{uchiyama}. The two-kinks have an additional parameter accounting for the separation of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-04-29 T. S. Mendonça , H. P. de Oliveira

We investigate the strong coupling region of the topological sector of the two-dimensional $\phi^4$ theory. Using discrete light cone quantization (DLCQ), we extract the masses of the lowest few excitations and observe level crossings. To…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Dipankar Chakrabarti , A. Harindranath , J. P. vary
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