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1Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. demidov@ms2.inr.ac.ru
Physical Review Letters
|September 10, 2011
Summary
We developed a new semiclassical method to calculate soliton-antisoliton pair production probabilities in particle collisions. The probability is significantly suppressed at high energies by a nearly constant exponential factor.
Area of Science:
- Theoretical Physics
- Quantum Field Theory
Background:
- Soliton-antisoliton pair production is a key process in particle physics.
- Understanding this phenomenon requires robust computational methods.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce a general semiclassical method for calculating soliton-antisoliton pair production probabilities.
- To apply this method to a specific (1+1)-dimensional scalar field model.
Main Methods:
- Development of a general semiclassical approach.
- Explicit numerical calculations within a (1+1)-dimensional scalar field model.
Main Results:
- The probability of soliton-antisoliton pair production is suppressed by an exponentially small factor.
- This suppression factor remains nearly constant at high energies.
Conclusions:
- The proposed semiclassical method provides a new tool for studying pair production.
- The findings offer insights into particle interaction dynamics at high energies.
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