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How does gravity save or kill Q-balls?

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2011-05-18 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We explore stability of gravitating Q-balls with potential V4(ϕ)=m22ϕ2λϕ4+ϕ6M2V_4(\phi)={m^2\over2}\phi^2-\lambda\phi^4+\frac{\phi^6}{M^2} via catastrophe theory, as an extension of our previous work on Q-balls with potential V3(ϕ)=m22ϕ2μϕ3+λϕ4V_3(\phi)={m^2\over2}\phi^2-\mu\phi^3+\lambda\phi^4. In flat spacetime Q-balls with V4V_4 in the thick-wall limit are unstable and there is a minimum charge QminQ_{{\rm min}}, where Q-balls with Q<QminQ<Q_{{\rm min}} are nonexistent. If we take self-gravity into account, on the other hand, there exist stable Q-balls with arbitrarily small charge, no matter how weak gravity is. That is, gravity saves Q-balls with small charge. We also show how stability of Q-balls changes as gravity becomes strong.

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@article{arxiv.1105.2932,
  title  = {How does gravity save or kill Q-balls?},
  author = {Takashi Tamaki and Nobuyuki Sakai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.2932},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

10 pages, 10 figures

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