Sine-Gordon model in (1 + 1)-dimensional curved space: Schrödinger picture approach

Abstract

The effective potential for the sine-Gordon model in a curved space-time, given by [Formula: see text], has been calculated using the Schrödinger picture formalism. It has been shown that when α(x) → 1 our method reproduces the flat-space results. To show the effect of the curvature term, the effective potential Veff has been calculated numerically for several values of the parameter M, where α(x) has been taken to be of the form [Formula: see text].