# Creating Kinks from Particles

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APC (UMR_7164) - AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Institut für theoretische Physik
Abstract : We study the creation of solitons from particles, using the $\lambda \phi^4$ model as a prototype. We consider the scattering of small, identical, wave pulses, that are equivalent to a sequence of particles, and find that kink-antikink pairs are created for a large region in parameter space. We also find that scattering at {\it low} velocities is favorable for creating solitons that have large energy compared to the mass of a particle.
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Submitted on : Monday, April 7, 2008 - 4:23:10 PM
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### Citation

S. Dutta, D.A. Steer, T. Vachaspati. Creating Kinks from Particles. Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society, 2008, 101, pp.121601. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.121601⟩. ⟨in2p3-00270848⟩

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