Wobbling kinks and shape mode interactions in a coupled two-component ϕ4\phi^4 theory

The dynamics of a wobbling kink in a two-component coupled $\phi^4$ scalar field theory (with an excited orthogonal shape mode) is addressed. For this purpose, the vibration spectrum of the second order small kink fluctuation is studied in order to find the corresponding vibration modes associated to the first (longitudinal) and second (orthogonal) field components. By means of this analysis, it was found that the number of possible shape modes depends on the value of the coupling constant. It is notable that when one of the orthogonal field shape modes is initially triggered, the unique shape mode of the longitudinal field is also activated. This coupling causes the kink to emit radiation with twice the frequency of excited mode in the first field component. Meanwhile, in the orthogonal channel we find radiation with two different frequencies: one is three times the frequency of the orthogonal wobbling mode and another is the sum of the frequencies of the longitudinal shape mode and the triggered mode. All the analytical results obtained in this study have been successfully contrasted with those obtained through numerical simulations.Comment: 20 pages, 12 figure

Wobbling kinks in a two-component scalar field theory: Interaction between shape modes

In this paper the interaction between the shape modes of the wobbling kinks arising in the family of two-component MSTB scalar field theory models is studied. The spectrum of the second order small kink fluctuation in this model has two localized vibrational modes associated to longitudinal and orthogonal fluctuations with respect to the kink orbit. It has been found that the excitation of the orthogonal shape mode immediately triggers the longitudinal one. In the first component channel the kink emits radiation with twice the orthogonal wobbling frequency (not the longitudinal one as happens in the $\phi^4$-model). The radiation emitted in the second component has two dominant frequencies: one is three times the frequency of the orthogonal wobbling mode and the other is the sum of the frequencies of the longitudinal and orthogonal vibration modes. This feature is explained analytically using perturbation expansion theories.Comment: 28 pages, 11 figure