Published April 15, 1987 | Version v1
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Compactness criterion for scalar solitons

Creators

  • 1. Departement de Physique, Universite Laval, Quebec, Province of Quebec, Canada G1K 7P4

Description

The compactness property for topological and nontopological solitons in nonlinear scalar field theories is studied. A simple criterion for soliton compactness is derived in 1+1 dimensions. For nontopological solitons, it is shown that the criterion also applies for any number of space-time dimensions. On the other hand, topological solitons can also have the special property of semicompactness

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev., D
Journal Volume
35
Journal Issue
8
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
2603-2606
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
19014644
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BAG MODEL; COMPACTIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION; SCALAR FIELDS; SOLITONS; SPACE-TIME; U-1 GROUPS; VACUUM STATES
Descriptors DEC
EQUATIONS; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FUNCTIONS; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUASI PARTICLES; SYMMETRY GROUPS; U GROUPS