False vacuum decay : effective one - loop action for pair creation of domain walls
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چکیده
An effective one-loop action built from the soliton field itself for the two-dimensional (2D) problem of soliton pair creation is proposed. The action consists of the usual mass term and a kinetic term in which the simple derivative of the soliton field is replaced by a covariant derivative. In this effective action the soliton charge is treated no longer as a topological charge but as a Noether charge. Using this effective one-loop action, the soliton-antisoliton pair production rate Γ/L = A exp [−S0] is calculated and one recovers Stone’s exponential factor S0 and the prefactor A of Kiselev, Selivanov and Voloshin. The results are also valid straightforwardly to the problem of pair creation rate of domain walls in dimensions D≥3. PACS numbers: 11.27.+d , 11.10.Kk E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]
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