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The $\varphi^4$-theory is ubiquitous as a low-energy effective description of processes in all fields of physics ranging from cosmology and particle physics to biophysics and condensed matter theory. The topological defects, or kinks, in…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2020-07-10 Mariya A. Lizunova , Jasper Kager , Stan de Lange , Jasper van Wezel

The (1+1)-dimensional classical $\varphi^4$ theory contains stable, topological excitations in the form of solitary waves or kinks, as well as stable but non-topological solutions, such as the oscillon. Both are used in effective…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-10-06 Mariya Lizunova , Jasper Kager , Stan de Lange , Jasper van Wezel

In this paper we study the dynamics of $\varphi^{4}$ kinks, generated by considering a particular argument of $\varphi^{4}$ field, in the presence of class of smooth space dependent potentials ie. barriers and wells. Various type of these…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-07-16 Jassem Al-Alawi

Extending a recent effective theory formulation for the dynamics of kinks in the sine-Gordon model [1], we propose an analogous effective description of $\phi^4$ kinks. Three different reduced models based on the kink position, width and…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2026-05-22 Jacek Gatlik , Tomasz Dobrowolski , Jean-Guy Caputo , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis

We consider a classical equation known as the $\phi^4$ model in one space dimension. The kink, defined by $H(x)=\tanh(x/{\sqrt{2}})$, is an explicit stationary solution of this model. From a result of Henry, Perez and Wreszinski it is known…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-07 Michał Kowalczyk , Yvan Martel , Claudio Muñoz

The symmetric dynamics of two kinks and one antikink in classical (1+1)-dimensional $\phi^4$ theory is investigated. Gradient flow is used to construct a collective coordinate model of the system. The relationship between the discrete…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 N. S. Manton , H. Merabet

The deformed model $\tilde{\varphi}^{(6)}$ is introduced based on the $\varphi^4$ model using a deformation functional $F[\varphi]$ including a free parameter $a$. The kink solutions in different sectors and their internal modes are…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2024-12-06 Aliakbar Moradi Marjaneh , Azam Ghaani , Kurosh Javidan

In the present work we construct kink solutions for different (parabolic and wave) variants of the fractional $\phi^4$ model, in both the sub-Laplacian and super-Laplacian setting. We establish existence and monotonicity results (for the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-21 Atanas G. Stefanov , P. G. Kevrekidis

We study an example of higher-order field-theoretic model with an eighth-degree polynomial potential -- the $\varphi^8$ model. We show that for some certain ratios of constants of the potential, the problem of finding kink-type solutions in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-06-29 Vakhid A. Gani , Aliakbar Moradi Marjaneh , Petr A. Blinov

Some recent investigations of the thermal equilibrium properties of kinks in a $1+1$-dimensional, classical $\Phi^4$ field theory are reviewed. The distribution function, kink density, correlation function, and certain thermodynamic…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Salman Habib

This thesis presents an extensive analysis of the behavior of topological solitons when one or more of their internal modes are activated. The first part of this manuscript is devoted to the study of the simplest topological solitons in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-04 D. Miguélez-Caballero

The lambda-phi4 kink is linearly and topologically stable. We study how extra energy perturbations are dissipated beyond the linear regime. We found that depending on the width, amplitude and energy of a Gaussian perturbation different…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2010-04-28 Hernán Piragua , Patricio S. Letelier

In this letter, we show how to build bridges between field-theoretic models that have kink solutions with different asymptotic behavior. We study transformational properties of kinks in models with a real scalar field in two-dimensional…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2024-10-17 Vakhid A. Gani , Aliakbar Moradi Marjaneh

The Fourth order $\phi^4$ model generalizes the classical $\phi^4$ model of quantum field theory, sharing the same kink solution. It is also the dispersive counterpart of the well-known parabolic Cahn-Hilliard equation. Mathematically…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-06-12 Christopher Maulén , Claudio Muñoz

We review recent works on modeling of dynamics of kinks in 1+1 dimensional $\phi^4$ theory and other related models, like sine-Gordon model or $\phi^6$ theory. We discuss how the spectral structure of small perturbations can affect the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-09-14 Tomasz Romanczukiewicz , Yakov Shnir

We borrow the form of potential of the well-known kink-bearing $\varphi^4$ system in the range between its two vacua and paste it repeatedly into the other ranges to introduce the periodic $\varphi^4$ system. The paper is devoted to…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2020-11-25 M. Mohammadi , R. Dehghani

It was recently proposed a novel discretization for nonlinear Klein-Gordon field theories in which the resulting lattice preserves the topological (Bogomol'nyi) lower bound on the kink energy and, as a consequence, has no Peierls-Nabarro…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 A. B. Adib , C. A. S. Almeida

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 topological defects as inhomogeneous (localized) condensates of particles in Quantum Field Theory. In the framework of the Closed-Time-Path formalism, we consider explicitly a $(1+1)$ dimensional $\la \psi^4$ model and construct…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Massimo Blasone , Petr Jizba

The motion of a one-dimensional kink and its energy losses are considered as a model of interaction of nontrivial topological field configurations with external fields.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Ya. M. Shnir
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