Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Classical kinks
- 2 Kinks in more complicated models
- 3 Interactions
- 4 Kinks in quantum field theory
- 5 Condensates and zero modes on kinks
- 6 Formation of kinks
- 7 Dynamics of domain walls
- 8 Gravity and cosmology of domain walls
- 9 Kinks in the laboratory
- Appendix A Units, numbers and conventions
- Appendix B SU(N) generators
- Appendix C Solution to a common differential equation
- Appendix D Useful operator identities
- Appendix E Variation of the determinant
- Appendix F Summary of cosmological equations
- References
- Index
Appendix A - Units, numbers and conventions
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Classical kinks
- 2 Kinks in more complicated models
- 3 Interactions
- 4 Kinks in quantum field theory
- 5 Condensates and zero modes on kinks
- 6 Formation of kinks
- 7 Dynamics of domain walls
- 8 Gravity and cosmology of domain walls
- 9 Kinks in the laboratory
- Appendix A Units, numbers and conventions
- Appendix B SU(N) generators
- Appendix C Solution to a common differential equation
- Appendix D Useful operator identities
- Appendix E Variation of the determinant
- Appendix F Summary of cosmological equations
- References
- Index
Summary
We will work in natural units in which ħ = c = 1. In these units, all dimensionful quantities have dimensions of mass to some power. One way to convert from mass (g) to length (cm) and time (s), is to remember the values for the Planck mass, time, and length: mP = 1.2 × 1019 GeV, tP = 5.4 × 10−43 s, lP = 1.6 × 10−33 cm. Also, mPtP = 1 = mPlP in natural units. It is also useful to remember mP = 2.2 × 10−5 g and, when dealing with magnetic fields, the conversion: 1 Gauss = 1.95 × 10−20 GeV2. In addition, for cosmological estimates it is convenient to know that 1 pc = 3.1 × 1018 cm.
The metric signature is taken to be (+,−,−,−).
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- Kinks and Domain WallsAn Introduction to Classical and Quantum Solitons, pp. 154Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006