https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4272-9
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
High temperature effects on compact-like structures
Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, 58051-900, Brazil
* e-mail: bazeia@fisica.ufpb.br
Received:
24
May
2016
Accepted:
18
July
2016
Published online:
27
July
2016
In this work we investigate the transition from kinks to compactons at high temperatures. We deal with a family of models, described by a real scalar field with standard kinematics, controlled by a single parameter, real and positive. The family of models supports kink-like solutions, and the solutions tend to become compact when the parameter increases to larger and larger values. We study the one-loop corrections at finite temperature, to see how the thermal effects add to the effective potential. The results suggest that the symmetry is restored at very high temperatures.
© The Author(s), 2016
