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Phys. Rev. D 68, 105015 (2003) [3 pages]

Existence of finite-energy lumps in classical field theories

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Roman V. Buniy* and Thomas W. Kephart†
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA

Received 21 March 2003; published 26 November 2003

We show how the existence of nontrivial finite-energy time-dependent classical lumps is restricted by a generalized virial theorem. For simple model Lagrangians, bounds on energies follow.

© 2003 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.68.105015
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.68.105015
PACS:
11.15.Kc, 12.38.Aw

*Electronic address: roman.buniy@vanderbilt.edu

†Electronic address: kephartt@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu

 
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