Published November 27, 1978 | Version v1
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Vacuum solutions for a twisted scalar field

Creators

  • 1. Imperial Coll. of Science and Technology, London (UK). Blackett Lab.

Description

The properties of the ground state of a classical self-interacting twisted scalar field on a two-dimensional Einstein cylinder are discussed. In particular there is a spontaneous breakdown of the spatial translational invariance of the twisted ground state as a characteristic length increases across a critical value. Similar properties are shown to hold in a four-dimensional model. Finally, it is shown that there exist four-dimensional models which do not have any finite-energy twisted scalar fields. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Proc. R. Soc. (London), Ser. A
Journal Volume
363
Journal Issue
1715
Series
Proc. R. Soc. (London), Ser. A.
Journal Page Range
581-596
ISSN
0080-4630

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
10442231
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GROUND STATES; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; SCALAR FIELDS; TWISTOR THEORY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; VACUUM STATES
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY LEVELS; FIELD THEORIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY