Quantum vacuum interaction between two sine-Gordon kinks

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/45/37/374012MaRDI QIDQ2920320zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors M. Bordag, J. M. Muñoz-Castañeda

Publication date 16 October 2012

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1112.3237

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

NLS equations (nonlinear Schrödinger equations) (35Q55) Model quantum field theories (81T10) Casimir effect in quantum field theory (81T55) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: We calculate the quantum vacuum interaction energy between two kinks of the sine-Gordon equation. Using the $TGTG$--formula, the problem is reduced to the known formulas for quantum fluctuations in the background of a single kink. This interaction induces an attractive force between the kinks in parallel to the Casimir force between conducting mirrors.

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