Counting defects with the two-point correlator

DOI10.1007/JHEP08(2010)086zbMATH Open1290.81088arXiv1005.0269WikidataQ63354010 ScholiaQ63354010MaRDI QIDQ2016944FDOQ2016944

Authors: A. Rajantie, Anders Tranberg 

Publication date: 24 June 2014

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study how topological defects manifest themselves in the equal-time two-point field correlator. We consider a scalar field with Z_2 symmetry in 1, 2 and 3 spatial dimensions, allowing for kinks, domain lines and domain walls, respectively. Using numerical lattice simulations, we find that in any number of dimensions, the correlator in momentum space is to a very good approximation the product of two factors, one describing the spatial distribution of the defects and the other describing the defect shape. When the defects are produced by the Kibble mechanism, the former has a universal form as a function of k/n, which we determine numerically. This signature makes it possible to determine the kink density from the field correlator without having to resort to the Gaussian approximation. This is essential when studying field dynamics with methods relying only on correlators (Schwinger-Dyson, 2PI).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.0269

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zbMATH Keywords

global symmetrieslattice quantum field theorynonperturbative effectssolitons monopoles and instantons

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Soliton solutions (35C08) Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Nonperturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T16) Quantum field theory on lattices (81T25)

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• Two point functions in defect CFTs
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• Bubble nucleation and quantum initial conditions in classical statistical simulations
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