Thermal Soliton Correlation Functions in Theories with a Z(N) Symmetry - Journal of Modern Physics

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Journal of Modern Physics

Volume 3, Issue 11 (November 2012)

ISSN Print: 2153-1196 ISSN Online: 2153-120X

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Thermal Soliton Correlation Functions in Theories with a Z(N) Symmetry ()

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DOI: 10.4236/jmp.2012.311221 4,414 Downloads 6,245 Views Citations

Author(s)

Leonardo Mondaini

Affiliation(s)

Grupo de Física Teórica e Experimental, Departamento de Ciências Naturais, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

ABSTRACT

We show that the quantum solitons occurring in theories describing a complex scalar field in (1 + 1)-dimensions with a Z(N) symmetry may be identified with sine-Gordon quantum solitons in the phase of this field. Then using both the Euclidean thermal Green function of the two-dimensional free massless scalar field in coordinate space and its dual, we obtain an explicit series expression for the corresponding solitonic correlation function at finite temperature.

KEYWORDS

Thermal Soliton Correlators; Z(N) Symmetry; Sine-Gordon Field Theory

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L. Mondaini, "Thermal Soliton Correlation Functions in Theories with a Z(N) Symmetry," Journal of Modern Physics, Vol. 3 No. 11, 2012, pp. 1776-1780. doi: 10.4236/jmp.2012.311221.

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