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What happens to Q-balls if $Q$ is so large?

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2013-05-30 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

In the system of a gravitating Q-ball, there is a maximum charge QmaxQ_{{\rm max}} inevitably, while in flat spacetime there is no upper bound on QQ in typical models such as the Affleck-Dine model. Theoretically the charge QQ is a free parameter, and phenomenologically it could increase by charge accumulation. We address a question of what happens to Q-balls if QQ is close to QmaxQ_{{\rm max}}. First, without specifying a model, we show analytically that inflation cannot take place in the core of a Q-ball, contrary to the claim of previous work. Next, for the Affleck-Dine model, we analyze perturbation of equilibrium solutions with QQmaxQ\approx Q_{{\rm max}} by numerical analysis of dynamical field equations. We find that the extremal solution with Q=QmaxQ=Q_{{\rm max}} and unstable solutions around it are "critical solutions", which means the threshold of black-hole formation.

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@article{arxiv.1112.5559,
  title  = {What happens to Q-balls if $Q$ is so large?},
  author = {Nobuyuki Sakai and Takashi Tamaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.5559},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

9 pages, 10 figures, results for large $\kappa$ added, to appear in PRD