Skyrme Sphalerons of an O(3)-sigma Model and the Calculation of Transition Rates at Finite Temperature

Details Skyrme Sphalerons of an O(3)-sigma Model and the Calculation of Transition Rates at Finite Temperature Skyrme Sphalerons of an O(3)-sigma Model and the Calculation of Transition Rates at Finite Temperature

1997-08-29

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9708165v2

Fortsch.Phys. 46 (1998) 147-187

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

46 pages, 3 figures, LaTex; acknowledgements added

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The reduced O(3)-sigma model with an O(3)->O(2) symmetry breaking potential is considered with an additional Skyrmionic term, i.e. a totally antisymmetric quartic term in the field derivatives. This Skyrme term does not affect the classical static equations of motionwhich, however, allow an unstable sphaleron solution. Quantum fluctuations around the static classical solution are considered for the determination of the rate of thermally induced transitions between topologically distinct vacua mediated by the sphaleron. The main technical effect of the Skyrme term is to produce an extra measure factor in one of the fluctuation path integrals which is therefore evaluated using a measure-modified Fourier-Matsubara decomposition (this being one of the few cases permitting this explicit calculation). The resulting transition rate is valid in a temperature region different from that of the original Skyrme-less model, and the crossover from transitions dominated by thermal fluctuations to those dominated by tunneling at the lower limit of this range depends on the strength of the Skyrme coupling.

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