Compactlike kinks and vortices in generalized models

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2010

Authors

D. Bazeia (Author) FCUP; E. da Hora (Author) FCUP; R. Menezes (Author) FCUP; H.P. de Oliveira (Author) FCUP; C. dos Santos (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Vol. 81 No. 8

ISSN: 1550-7998

Publisher: American Physical Society

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Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Physical sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-003-5MT

DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.81.125016

Abstract (EN): This work deals with the presence of topological defects in k-field models, where the dynamics is generalized to include higher order power in the kinetic term. We investigate kinks in (1, 1) dimensions and vortices in (2, 1) dimensions, focusing on some specific features of the solutions. In particular, we show how the kinks and vortices change to compactlike solutions, controlled by the parameter used to introduce the generalized models.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 7