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On the semiclassical mass of -kinks
One-loop mass shifts to the classical masses of stable kinks arising in a
massive non-linear -sigma model are computed. Ultraviolet
divergences are controlled using the heat kernel/zeta function regularization
method. A comparison between the results achieved from exact and
high-temperature asymptotic heat traces is analyzed in depth.Comment: RevTex file, 15 pages, 2 figures. Version to appear in Journal of
Physics