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Non-topological solitons in brane world models

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-07 v4 Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We examine some general properties of a certain class of scalar filed theory models containing non-topological soliton solutions in the context of brane world models with compact large extra dimensions. If a scalar field is allowed to propagate in extra space, then, beside standard Kaluza-Klein type excitations, a whole new class of very massive soliton-type states can exist. Depending on their abundance, they can be important dark matter candidates or give significant contribution to entropy and energy density in our universe. .

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0111061,
  title  = {Non-topological solitons in brane world models},
  author = {Dejan Stojkovic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0111061},
  year   = {2009}
}

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version accepted for publication in Physical Review D