Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5494080 | Nuclear Physics A | 2017 | 18 Pages |
Abstract
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.
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Authors
Miguel Angel Lopez-Ruiz, Tochtli Yepez-Martinez, Adam Szczepaniak, Jinfeng Liao,