English

Compact Q-balls and Q-shells in a multi-component $\mathbb{C}P^N$ model

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-10-04 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Coupled multi-component CPN\mathbb{C}P^N models with V-shaped potentials are analyzed. It is shown that the model has solutions being combinations of compact Q-balls and Q-shells. The compact nature of solutions permits the existence of novel harbor-type solutions having the form of Q-balls sheltered by Q-shells. The relation between the energy EE and Noether charge QQ is discussed both analytically and numerically. The energy of the solutions behaves as EQα, α<1E\sim |Q|^\alpha,~\alpha<1, i.e., as for the standard Q-ball. Furthermore, the ratio E/QE/Q for various configurations in the multi-component model suggests that the solutions are at least classically stable.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2107.09831,
  title  = {Compact Q-balls and Q-shells in a multi-component $\mathbb{C}P^N$ model},
  author = {P. Klimas and L. C. Kubaski and N. Sawado and S. Yanai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.09831},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

27 pages, 13 figures v2: typos corrected, references updated; expanded discussions on V-shaped potentials and also comment on analytical solutions

R2 v1 2026-06-24T04:22:57.984Z