https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-2755-0
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
First-order formalism for twinlike models with several real scalar fields
1
Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 58051-970 , João Pessoa, PB, Brazil
2
Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, 58109-970 , Campina Grande, PB, Brazil
3
Departamento de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 58297-000 , Rio Tinto, PB, Brazil
* e-mail: bazeia@fisica.ufpb.br
Received:
6
December
2013
Accepted:
21
January
2014
Published online:
12
February
2014
We investigate the presence of twinlike models in theories described by several real scalar fields. We focus on the first-order formalism, and we show how to build distinct scalar field theories that support the same extended solution, with the same energy density and the very same linear stability. The results are valid for two distinct classes of generalized models, which include the standard model and cover a diversity of generalized models of current interest in high-energy physics.
© The Author(s), 2014