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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

The possibility that extremely long-lived, time-dependent, and localized field configurations (``oscillons'') arise during the collapse of asymmetrical bubbles in 2+1 dimensional phi^4 models is investigated. It is found that oscillons can…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Artur B. Adib , Marcelo Gleiser , Carlos A. S. Almeida

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

We present a novel type of soliton dubbed soft oscillons. In contrast with conventional oscillons the soft counterparts come in a continuum of unboundedly large sizes. They are peculiar also in that the oscillation frequency is set by their…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-23 Fabio van Dissel , Oriol Pujolàs

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

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

We consider a (1+1) dimensional scalar field theory that supports oscillons, which are localized, oscillatory, stable solutions to nonlinear equations of motion. We study this theory in an expanding background and show that oscillons now…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 E. Farhi , N. Graham , A. H. Guth , N. Iqbal , R. R. Rosales , N. Stamatopoulos

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 long-lived, localized, oscillatory scalar field configurations. In this work we derive a condition for the existence of small-amplitude oscillons (and provide solutions) in scalar field theories with non-canonical kinetic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-09 Mustafa A. Amin

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

Analytical arguments suggest that a large class of scalar field potentials permit the existence of oscillons -- pseudo-stable, non-topological solitons -- in three spatial dimensions. In this paper we numerically explore oscillon solutions…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-09 Mustafa A. Amin , Richard Easther , Hal Finkel

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

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

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

We investigate the longevity of oscillons numerically, paying particular attention to radially-symmetric oscillons that have been conjectured to have an infinitely-long lifetime. In two spatial dimensions, oscillons have not been seen to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-03-25 Marcelo Gleiser , Max Krackow

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 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

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

Oscillons are spatially localized and relatively stable field fluctuations which can form after inflation under suitable conditions. In order to reheat the universe, the fields which dominate the energy density after inflation have to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-04-12 Stefan Antusch , Stefano Orani

Oscillons are spatially localised strong fluctuations of a scalar field. They can e.g. form after inflation when the scalar field potential is shallower than quadratic away from the minimum. Although oscillons are not protected by topology,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-10-10 Stefan Antusch , Francesco Cefala , Francisco Torrenti
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