Statistical mechanics of nonlinear Klein-Gordon chains: the \(\phi^8\)-chain and the Gaussian double-well model

DOI10.1016/S0378-4371(00)00317-4zbMath1052.82519OpenAlexW2032091673MaRDI QIDQ1581570

R. Smith

Publication date: 3 October 2000

Published in: Physica A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0378-4371(00)00317-4

zbMATH Keywords

solitonspartition functionslow-temperature heat capacityclassical chain thermodynamicsdisplacement correlation functionGaussian double-well modellow-coupling effective potential methodpseudo-Schrödinger equation approximationquantum fluctuation effectssingle-site potentialtransfer-integral equation techniquewave-vector-dependent susceptibility

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20)

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