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In this work we study configurations in one-dimensional scalar field theory, which are time-dependent, localized in space and extremely long-lived called oscillons. It is investigated how the action of changing the minimum value of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-02-03 R. A. C. Correa , A. de Souza Dutra

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

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 investigate the asymptotic behavior of the nonautonomous evolution problem generated by the Klein-Gordon equation in an expanding background, in one space dimension with periodic boundary conditions, with a nonlinear potential of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-09-15 Francesco Di Plinio , Gregory S. Duane , Roger Temam

Oscillons are spatially stationary, quasi-periodic solutions of nonlinear field theories seen in settings ranging from granular systems, low temperature condensates and early universe cosmology. We describe a new class of oscillon in which…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-01-23 Chang Liu , Richard Easther

Oscillons are extremely long-lived, spatially-localized field configurations in real-valued scalar field theories that slowly lose energy via radiation of scalar waves. Before their eventual demise, oscillons can pass through (one or more)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-08-05 Hong-Yi Zhang , Mustafa A. Amin , Edmund J. Copeland , Paul M. Saffin , Kaloian D. Lozanov

Oscillons are extremely long lived, oscillatory, spatially localized field configurations that arise from generic initial conditions in a large number of non-linear field theories. With an eye towards their cosmological implications, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-06-17 Mustafa A. Amin , David Shirokoff

Oscillons are time-dependent, localized in space, extremely long-lived states in nonlinear scalar-field models, while kinks are topological solitons in one spatial dimension. In the present work, we show new classes of oscillons and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-08 R. A. C. Correa , A. de Souza Dutra , T. Frederico , Boris A. Malomed , O. Oliveira , N. Sawado

The basic properties of oscillons -- localized, long-lived, time-dependent scalar field configurations -- are briefly reviewed, including recent results demonstrating how their existence depends on the dimensionality of spacetime. Their…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Marcelo Gleiser

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 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

Many scalar field theories with attractive self-interactions support exceptionally long-lived, spatially localized and time-periodic field configurations called oscillons. A detailed study of their longevity is important for understanding…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-04-20 Hong-Yi Zhang

In the present work we examine the dynamics of a model for oscillons in 1-dimensional spacetime field theories with a cubic nonlinearity. We utilize a reduction of the model to first and third harmonics, which leads to a reduced partial…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2025-08-19 A. G. Stefanov , M. Stanislavova , J. Cuevas-Maraver , P. G. Kevrekidis

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

This dissertation discusses solutions to the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation with symmetric and asymmetric double-well potentials, focusing on the collapse and collision of bubbles and critical phenomena found therein. A new method is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Ethan Honda

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 this work we explore how nonlinear modes described by a dispersive wave equation (in our example, the nonlinear Schrodinger equation) and localized in a few wells of a periodic potential can act analogously to a chain of coupled…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2013-04-30 T. J. Alexander , D. Yan , P. G. Kevrekidis

The sine-Gordon model in 3+1 dimensions is known to admit two oscillons of different energy and frequency but comparable lifetime. We show that the oscillon spectrum includes more spherically symmetric ``states''. We identify new…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-09 Fabio van Dissel , Oriol Pujolas , Evangelos Sfakianakis

We investigate the nonlinear dynamics of hybrid inflation models, which are characterized by two real scalar fields interacting quadratically. We start by solving numerically the coupled Klein-Gordon equations in static Minkowski spacetime,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-06-02 Marcelo Gleiser , Noah Graham , Nikitas Stamatopoulos

Oscillons, extremely long-lived localized oscillations of a scalar field, are shown to be produced by evolving domain wall networks in quartic theory in two spatial dimensions. We study the oscillons in frequency space using the classical…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Mark Hindmarsh , Petja Salmi
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