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Soliton vacuum energies and the CP(1) model

Ian G. Moss

hep-tharXiv:hep-th/9905113

Abstract

The quantum properties of solitons at one loop can be related to phase shifts of waves on the soliton background. These can be combined with heat kernel methods to calculate various parameters. The vacuum energy of a CP(1) soliton in 2+1 dimensions is calculated as an example.

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