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For a spatially homogeneous canonical scalar field, spatial derivatives vanish. Reading the time and spatial components of its energy-momentum tensor in the comoving frame givesThus the kinetic term contributes equally to energy density and pressure, whereas the scalar potential contributes negative pressure.

Write the scalar field energy as $E=T+V$, whereUnder the Derrick scaling ${\varphi }_{\lambda }(x)=\varphi (\lambda x)$, a change of variables givesA finite-energy solution of the Euler-Lagrange equation is stationary under this admissible variation. The Derrick virial identity is therefore

The static field equation is ${\varphi }^{\prime \prime }=U^{\prime }(\varphi )$, so integration givesThe polynomial before $C$ is nonnegative and vanishes, so requiring the minimum to be zero fixes $C=0$. Hence the vacuum manifold iswhich has three elements. A finite-energy scalar-field kink can join only adjacent vacua: a solution cannot cross the intermediate vacuum at finite $x$ because its first integral would have $\varphi ={\varphi }^{\prime }=0$ there and the Picard-Lindelof theorem would make it constant. There are therefore four oriented topological sectors,comprising two increasing kinks and their two antikinks. Symmetry under $\varphi \mapsto -\varphi$ and spatial reflection generates all four from one profile.

For the $0\to 1$ sector, completing the square gives the Bogomolny boundEquality holds for the Bogomolny equationWith $y={\varphi }^2$, this becomes the logistic differential equation $y^{\prime }=2y(1-y)$. Translation invariance supplies an arbitrary center $x_0$, and the explicit kink in a phi-six model isIt tends to $0$ and $1$ at the two spatial ends and saturates the bound. Its mass is consequently

Under spatial reflection, a scalar field obeys $P\varphi (\mathbf{x})P=\varphi (-\mathbf{x})$, and hence each spatial derivative changes sign. The interaction contains three such derivatives, so changing the integration variable from $\mathbf{x}$ to $-\mathbf{x}$ givesThus this is a parity-odd scalar interaction.

Put $O({\mathbf{k}}_a)={\prod }_{a=1}^n{\varphi }_a({\mathbf{k}}_a)$ and $A({\mathbf{k}}_a)=⟨H_{\mathrm{int}}O({\mathbf{k}}_a)⟩$. Hermitian conjugation and commutativity of equal-time scalar fields giveThe parity-invariant vacuum and the odd parity of $H_{\mathrm{int}}$ imply $A(-{\mathbf{k}}_a)=-A({\mathbf{k}}_a)$. ThereforeThere is no conflict with the usual $2i\mathrm{Im}A$ rule for two Hermitian operators: a momentum-space product at fixed ${\mathbf{k}}_a$ is generally not itself Hermitian, since its adjoint carries momenta $-{\mathbf{k}}_a$.

First take the spacetime trace of the generalized field equation. Since $n_{\mu }{Z}^{\mu }=-\Theta$ and spacetime has dimension four, this givesNext contract twice with the unit normal. The result isAdding the trace equation to twice this normal projection cancels $T$. The Scalar Gauss equation then converts the curvature terms to

For the derivative terms, part (iii) givesDifferentiating $n^{\nu }{Z}_{\nu }=-\Theta$ along $n^{\mu }$ yieldsCombining these identities produces

Because $\Theta$ is a scalar field and $n^{\mu }={\alpha }^{-1}(1,-{\beta }^i)$,The normal acceleration is spatial, so $Z_{\mu }{a}^{\mu }={\Theta }_{\mu }{a}^{\mu }$. Part (iv) also gives $D^{\mu }{Z}_{\mu }=D^{\mu }{\Theta }_{\mu }-K\Theta$. Solving the preceding constraint for ${\partial }_t\Theta$ givesThus the constants in this Z4 formulation evolution equation are

A scalar potential is the derivative-free energy density $V(\varphi )$ of a scalar field. Its derivative supplies the force term in the field equation, and its local minima describe candidate vacuum field values.