Energy Levels of Interacting Fields in a Box

dc.creatorCarrillo, J. A. Espichan
dc.creatorMaia Jr, A.
dc.date1999-05-21
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dc.descriptionWe study the influence of boundary conditions on energy levels of interacting fields in a box and discuss some consequences when we change the size of the box. In order to do this we calculate the energy levels of bound states of a scalar massive field $χ$ interacting with another scalar field $ϕ$ through the lagrangian ${\cal L}_{int} = 3/2 gϕ^{2}χ^{2}$ in an one-dimensional box, on which we impose Dirichlet boundary conditions. We have found that the gap between the bound states changes with the size of the box in a non-trivial way. For the case the masses of the two fields are equal and for large box the energy levels of Dashen-Hasslacher-Neveu (DHN model) (Dashen et al, 1974) are recovered and we have a kind of boson condensate for the ground state. Below to a critical box size $L\sim 2.93 2\sqrt{2}/M$ the ground state level splits, which we interpret as particle-antiparticle production under small perturbations of box size. Below another critical sizes $(L\sim 6/10 2\sqrt{2}/M)$ and $(L\sim 1.71 2\sqrt{2}/M)$ of the box, the ground state and first excited state merge in the continuum part of the spectrum.
dc.description11 pages, LaTex, 3 ps-figs. to appear in Int.J.Theor.Phys. (1999)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9905158
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9905158
dc.identifierInt.J.Theor.Phys. 38 (1999) 2185-2196
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/56074
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleEnergy Levels of Interacting Fields in a Box
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