Fermionic One-Loop Corrections to Soliton Energies in 1+1 Dimensions

Abstract

We demonstrate an unambiguous and robust method for computing fermionic corrections to the energies of classical background field configurations. We consider the particular case of a sequence of background field configurations that interpolates continuously between the trivial vacuum and a widely separated soliton/antisoliton pair in 1+1 dimensions. Working in the continuum, we use phase shifts, the Born approximation, and Levinson's theorem to avoid ambiguities of renormalization procedure and boundary conditions. We carry out the calculation analytically at both ends of the interpolation and numerically in between, and show how the relevant physical quantities vary continuously. In the process, we elucidate properties of the fermionic phase shifts and zero modes.

12 pages, 4 figures, uses BoxedEPS;v2: fixed numerical error in figure data

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