Hawking-Like Emission in Kink-Soliton Escape from a Potential Well Articles uri icon

publication date

  • November 2008

start page

  • 113015

volume

  • 10

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1367-2630

abstract

  • The escape of solitons over a potential barrier is analysed within the framework of a nonlinear Klein&-Gordon equation. It is shown that the creation of a kink&-antikink pair near the barrier through an internal mode instability can be followed by escape of the kink in a process analogous to Hawking radiation. These results have important implications in a wider context, including stochastic resonance and ratchet systems, which are also discussed.