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The model describes the simplest non-linear field theory and it can be regarded as a prototype of field theories in one space dimension (s = 1). The model can also be interpreted as a non-linear generalization of the wave equation. The interest of the model is that, even at the classical level, it has stable solutions with a possible particle interpretation36.
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Strocchi, F. (2008). Examples. In: Symmetry Breaking. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 732. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73593-9_8
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