Emergent Kink Statistics at Finite Temperature

In this paper we use 1D quantum mechanical systems with Higgs-like interaction potential to study the emergence of topological objects at finite temperature. Two different model systems are studied, the standard double-well potential model and a newly introduced discrete kink model. Using Monte-Carl...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Lopez-Ruiz, Miguel Angel, Yepez-Martinez, Tochtli, Szczepaniak, Adam P, Liao, Jinfeng
Format Paper Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 02.08.2017
Subjects
Computer simulation
Mechanical systems
Monte Carlo simulation
Physics - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Physics - Nuclear Theory
Quantum chromodynamics
Quantum mechanics
Topology
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Summary:In this paper we use 1D quantum mechanical systems with Higgs-like interaction potential to study the emergence of topological objects at finite temperature. Two different model systems are studied, the standard double-well potential model and a newly introduced discrete kink model. Using Monte-Carlo simulations as well as analytic methods, we demonstrate how kinks become abundant at low temperatures. These results may shed useful insights on how topological phenomena may occur in QCD.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1605.08017