Translational zero mode of a sine-Gordon kink

ID: translational-zero-mode-of-a-sine-gordon-kink

The normalized eigenfunction has zero eigenvalue under the Sine-Gordon kink fluctuation operator. It is proportional to and comes from shifting the collective coordinate of the kink. Its frequency is zero, so it contributes no oscillator zero-point energy; it must be handled separately from a Gaussian functional determinant.

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