Sunday, December 29, 2019

research level - Proof for the Mass gap of sine-Gordon action with gcos(betaPhi)



This is the sine-Gordon action: 14πM2dtdxktΦxΦvxΦxΦ+gcos(βΦ)

Here M2 is a 1+1 dimensional spacetime manifold, where 1D space is a S1 circle of length L.


At g=0 : it is a chiral boson theory with zero mass, gapless scalar boson Φ.


At large g : It seems to be well-known that at large coupling g of the sine-Gordon equation, the scalar boson Φ will have a mass gap.



Q1: What is the original Ref which states and proves this statement about the nonzero (or large) mass gap for large g?



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Q2: What does the mass gap m scale like in terms of other quantities (like L, g, etc)?




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NOTE: I find S Coleman has discussion in


(1)"Aspects of Symmetry: Selected Erice Lectures" by Sidney Coleman


and this paper


(2)Quantum sine-Gordon equation as the massive Thirring model - Phys. Rev. D 11, 2088 by Sidney Coleman


But I am not convinced that Coleman shows it explicitly. I read these, but could someone point out explicitly and explain it, how does he(or someone else) rigorously prove this mass gap?


Here Eq.(17) of this reference does a quadratic expansion to show the mass gap mΔ2+#(gL)2 with Δ#gk2v/(#k), perhaps there are even more mathematical rigorous way to prove the mass gap with a full cosine term?




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