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In this work, we report on the possibility of occurrence of oscillon configurations in the fourth state of matter. Oscillons are extremely long-lived, time-periodic, spatially-localised scalar field structures. Starting from a scalar field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-08-21 R. A. C. Correa , W. de Paula , T. Frederico , O. Oliveira , F. E. M. Silveira

In this contribution, we discuss the cosmological scenario where unstable domain walls are formed in the early universe and their late-time annihilation produces a significant amount of gravitational waves. After describing cosmological…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-05-09 Ken'ichi Saikawa

Oscillons are massive, long-lived, localized excitations of a scalar field. We show that in a large class of well-motivated single-field models, inflation is followed by self-resonance, leading to copious oscillon generation and a lengthy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-09 Mustafa A. Amin , Richard Easther , Hal Finkel , Raphael Flauger , Mark P. Hertzberg

We study the collision dynamics of localized oscillons in two classes of $(1+1)$-dimensional scalar field theories with metastable false vacua, a normal class with a positive quartic self-interaction term and an inverted class with a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-14 J. G. F. Campos , N. S. Manton , Azadeh Mohammadi

Spherically symmetric oscillatons (also referred to as oscillating soliton stars) i.e. gravitationally bound oscillating scalar lumps are considered in theories containing a massive self-interacting real scalar field coupled to Einstein's…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-22 Gyula Fodor , Péter Forgács , Márk Mezei

We study the cosmological evolution of domain walls bounded by strings which arise naturally in axion models. If we introduce a bias in the potential, walls become metastable and finally disappear. We perform two dimensional lattice…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-06 Takashi Hiramatsu , Masahiro Kawasaki , Ken'ichi Saikawa

Oscillons are long-lived, spherically symmetric solitons that can arise in real scalar field theories with potentials shallower than quadratic ones. They are considered to form via parametric resonance during the preheating stage after…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-12-24 Siyao Li , Masahide Yamaguchi , Ying-li Zhang

In an experiment of oscillatory media, domains and walls are formed under the parametric resonance with a frequency double the natural one. In this bi-stable system, %phase jumps $\pi$ by crossing walls. a nonequilibrium transition from…

patt-sol · Physics 2009-10-28 Tetsuya Kawagishi , Tsuyoshi Mizuguchi , Masaki Sano

It is shown by both analytical methods and numerical simulations that extremely long living spherically symmetric oscillons appear in virtually any real scalar field theory coupled to a massless dilaton (DS theories). In fact such…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-28 Gyula Fodor , Péter Forgács , Zalán Horváth , Márk Mezei

Oscillons are localized field configurations oscillating in time with lifetimes orders of magnitude longer than their oscillation period. In this paper, we simulate non-travelling oscillons produced by deforming the breather solutions of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-02-09 José T. Gálvez Ghersi , Jonathan Braden

Oscillons are localized states of scalar fields sustained by self interactions. They decay by emitting classical radiation, but their lifetimes are surprisingly large. We revisit the reasons behind their longevity, aiming at how the shape…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-09-22 Jan Olle , Oriol Pujolas , Fabrizio Rompineve

This contribution reports on numerical simulations of 2D granular flows on erodible beds. The broad aim is to investigate whether simple flows of model granular matter exhibits spontaneous oscillatory motion in generic flow conditions, and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2012-11-27 Lydie Staron

Oscillons are localized, non-singular, time-dependent, spherically-symmetric solutions of nonlinear scalar field theories which, although unstable, are extremely long-lived. We show that they naturally appear during the collapse of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-28 E. J. Copeland , M. Gleiser , H. -R. Mueller

Oscillons are long-lived, localized excitations of nonlinear scalar fields which may be copiously produced during preheating after inflation, leading to a possible oscillon-dominated phase in the early Universe. For example, this can happen…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Shuang-Yong Zhou , Edmund J. Copeland , Richard Easther , Hal Finkel , Zong-Gang Mou , Paul M. Saffin

Oscillons are long-lived, spatially localized field configurations, which are supported by attractive non-linearities in the scalar potential. We study oscillons comprised of multiple interacting fields, each having an identical potential…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-27 Fabio van Dissel , Evangelos I. Sfakianakis

We predict a spatially localized magnetic domain wall oscillator upon the application of an external magnetic field and a DC electric current. The amplitude and frequency of the oscillator can be controlled by the field and/or the current.…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 J. He , S. Zhang

Dynamics of cylindrical and spherical relativistic domain walls is investigated with the help of a new method based on Taylor expansion of the scalar field in a vicinity of the core of the wall. Internal oscillatory modes for the domain…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 H. Arodz , A. L. Larsen

Oscillons are long-lived, slowly radiating solutions of nonlinear classical relativistic field theories. Recently it was discovered that in one spatial dimension their decay may proceed in "staccato" bursts. Here we perform a systematic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-10-04 B. C. Nagy , G. Takacs

We investigate the cosmological constraints on axion models where the domain wall number is greater than one. In these models, multiple domain walls attached to strings are formed, and they survive for a long time. Their annihilation occurs…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-02-26 Takashi Hiramatsu , Masahiro Kawasaki , Ken'ichi Saikawa , Toyokazu Sekiguchi

Light scalar fields, with double well potentials and direct matter couplings, undergo density driven phase transitions, leading to the formation of domain walls. Such theories could explain dark energy, dark matter or source the nanoHz…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-08-03 Kate Clements , Benjamin Elder , Lucia Hackermueller , Mark Fromhold , Clare Burrage