TY - JOUR
T1 - Creating kinks from particles
AU - Dutta, Sourish
AU - Steer, D. A.
AU - Vachaspati, Tanmay
PY - 2008/9/16
Y1 - 2008/9/16
N2 - We study the creation of solitons from particles, using the λ 4 model as a prototype. We consider the scattering of small, identical, wave pulses, which are equivalent to a sequence of particles, and find that kink-antikink pairs are created for a large region in parameter space. We also find that scattering at low velocities is favorable for creating solitons that have large energy compared to the mass of a particle.
AB - We study the creation of solitons from particles, using the λ 4 model as a prototype. We consider the scattering of small, identical, wave pulses, which are equivalent to a sequence of particles, and find that kink-antikink pairs are created for a large region in parameter space. We also find that scattering at low velocities is favorable for creating solitons that have large energy compared to the mass of a particle.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.121601
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.121601
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:52149104223
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 101
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 12
M1 - 121601
ER -