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We have investigated the cosmological scenarios with a four dimensional effective action which is connected with multidimensional, supergravity and string theories. The solution for the scale factor is such that initially universe undergoes…

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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

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

Nonlinear field theories produce unstable but long-lived configurations known as oscillons. These structures have been studied with asymmetric and symmetric double-well potentials and extended to other forms of potentials. In the present…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-07-13 T. S. Mendonça , H. P. de Oliveira

We study how oscillations of a scalar field condensate are damped due to dissipative effects in a thermal medium. Our starting point is a non-linear and non-local condensate equation of motion descending from a 2PI-resummed effective action…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-03-03 Wen-Yuan Ai , Marco Drewes , Dražen Glavan , Jan Hajer

We consider oscillons - localized, quasiperiodic, and extremely long-living classical solutions in models with real scalar fields. We develop their effective description in the limit of large size at finite field strength. Namely, we note…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-12-19 D. G. Levkov , V. E. Maslov , E. Ya. Nugaev , A. G. Panin

Oscillons, extremely long-living localized oscillations of a scalar field, are studied in theories with quartic and sine-Gordon potentials in two spatial dimensions. We present qualitative results concentrating largely on a study in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Mark Hindmarsh , Petja Salmi

It has recently been realized that many theories of physics beyond the Standard Model give rise to cosmological histories exhibiting extended epochs of cosmological stasis. During such epochs, the abundances of different energy components…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-17 Keith R. Dienes , Lucien Heurtier , Fei Huang , Tim M. P. Tait , Brooks Thomas

The excitations referred to as oscillons are long-lived time-dependent field configurations which emerge dynamically from non-linear field theories. Such long-lived solutions are of interest in applications that include systems of Condensed…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-04-04 R. A. C. Correa , L. P. R. Ospedal , W. de Paula , J. A. Helayël-Neto

The dynamical evolution of self-interacting scalars is of paramount importance in cosmological settings, and can teach us about the content of Einstein's equations. In flat space, nonlinear scalar field theories can give rise to localized,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-10-04 Taishi Ikeda , Chul-Moon Yoo , Vitor Cardoso

We study oscillons, extremely long-lived localized oscillations of a scalar field, with three different potentials: quartic, sine-Gordon model and in a new class of convex potentials. We use an absorbing boundary at the end of the lattice…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-05-30 Petja Salmi , Mark Hindmarsh

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

Oscillons in a simple, 1-dimensional scalar field theory with a cubic potential are discussed. The theory has a classical sphaleron, whose decay generates a version of the oscillon. A good approximation to the small-amplitude oscillon is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-04-26 N. S. Manton , T. Romańczukiewicz

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

Through a detailed numerical investigation in three spatial dimensions, we demonstrate that long-lived time-dependent field configurations emerge dynamically during symmetry breaking in an expanding de Sitter spacetime. We investigate two…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-09-01 Marcelo Gleiser , Noah Graham , Nikitas Stamatopoulos

Oscillating solutions to the effective equations of Loop Quantum Cosmology have been suggested for the role of an `eternal seed', providing a possible starting point for the emergent universe scenario. We investigate the stability of a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-19 Audrey T. Mithani , Alexander Vilenkin

Oscillons are spatially localized, time-periodic and long-lived configurations that were primarily proposed in scalar field theories with attractive self-interactions. In this letter, we demonstrate that oscillons also exist in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-22 Hong-Yi Zhang , Mudit Jain , Mustafa A. Amin

We examine the behaviour of a closed oscillating universe filled with a homogeneous scalar field and find that, contrary to naive expectations, such a universe expands to larger volumes during successive expansion epochs. This intriguing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Nissim Kanekar , Varun Sahni , Yuri Shtanov

We investigate the emergence of large, localized, pseudo-stable configurations (oscillons) from inflaton fragmentation at the end of inflation. We predict the number density of large oscillons, and the conditions necessary for their…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-09-14 Mustafa A. Amin

We present a model that naturally tunes a large positive cosmological constant to a small cosmological constant. A slowly rolling scalar field decreases the cosmological constant to a small negative value, causing the universe to contract,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-08-07 Peter W. Graham , David E. Kaplan , Surjeet Rajendran