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New super-selection sectors (``soliton-states'') in two dimensional Bose quantum field models

Jürg Fröhlich
- 01 Oct 1976 - 
- Vol. 47, Iss: 3, pp 269-310
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In this paper, a rigorous construction of new superselection selectors for the quantum sine-Gordon equation and the (φ·φ)2-quantum field models with explicitly broken isospin symmetry in two space-time dimensions is presented.
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A rigorous construction of new super-selection selectors — so-called “soliton-sectors” — for the quantum “sine-Gordon” equation and the (φ·φ)2-quantum field models with explicitly broken isospin symmetry in two space-time dimensions is presented These sectors are eigenspaces of the chargeQ≡∫dx(grad φ)(x) with non-zero eigenvalue The scattering theory for quantum solitons is briefly discussed and shown to have consequences for the physics in the vacuum sector A general theory is developed which explains why soliton-sectors may exist for theories in two but not in four space-time dimensions except possibly for non-abelian Yang-Mills theories

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The P(φ)[2] Euclidean (quantum) field theory

Barry Simon
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On the duality condition for a Hermitian scalar field

TL;DR: In this paper, a general Hermitian scalar field, assumed to be an operator−valued tempered distribution, is considered and a theorem which relates certain complex Lorentz transformations to the TCP transformation is stated and proved.