How to make this integral with initial conditions

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The discussion revolves around the evaluation of a specific integral presented in a paper, particularly focusing on the integral's computation with initial conditions. Participants explore the mathematical steps involved in the integration process and how to reconcile their results with those provided in the paper.

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  • One participant presents the integral to be evaluated and their approach to solving it, including the introduction of an integration constant.
  • Another participant suggests that the authors of the paper may have simplified the integral by using the property of symmetry, indicating that they computed it as twice the integral from 0 to π.
  • A later reply agrees with the previous suggestion, noting that the authors did not include an integration constant in their result.
  • Another participant highlights the importance of the modulus sign in the expression being integrated, suggesting that the integral was evaluated with respect to the absolute value of φ.

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Participants express differing views on the treatment of the integral, particularly regarding the integration constant and the use of symmetry. There is no consensus on how to fully reconcile the computed integral with the result presented in the paper.

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There are unresolved aspects regarding the assumptions made in the integration process, particularly concerning the treatment of the modulus and the integration constant. The discussion does not clarify how these factors influence the final result.

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I try to get the result of integration, equation ( 16 ) in this paper:

https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9905221
Hello!

The integral in equation (16), at the paper, is:

##I = r \int_{-\pi}^{\pi} e^{-2kr\phi} ~d\phi ##

My integration is as the following :

## I = - \frac{1}{2 k} e^{-2kr\phi} ~|_{-\pi}^{\pi} + C ##, so

## I = - \frac{1}{2 k} ( e^{-2kr\pi} -e^{2kr\pi})+ C ##

Now how to use the initial conditions or how to get the result they have got?

which is

##\frac{1}{k} ( 1-e^{-2kr\pi} ) ##

In equation 16 there are some other factors, ##M_{pl}## and ##M## which are Planck's scales at different dimensions.

Any help is appreciated!
 
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It looks as if the authors used ##I=\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}=2\int_{0}^{\pi}.##
 
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fresh_42 said:
It looks as if the authors used ##I=\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}=2\int_{0}^{\pi}.##
Ahh, it's simple like that! And they didn't consider an integration constant
 
they integrated ##\exp(-2kr|\phi|)##.The modulus sign is important here.
 

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