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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 present a comprehensive, nonperturbative analytical method to investigate the dynamics of time-dependent oscillating scalar field configurations. The method is applied to oscillons in a double well Klein-Gordon model in two and three…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-01-11 Marcelo Gleiser , David Sicilia

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

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

In this work we investigate the consequences of the Lorentz symmetry violation on extremely long-living, time-dependent, and spatially localized field configurations, named oscillons. This is accomplished in ($D+1$) dimensions for two…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-19 R. A. C. Correa , Roldao da Rocha , A. de Souza Dutra

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

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

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

Oscillons are classical oscillatory solutions with very long but finite lifetimes in real scalar field theories with appropriate potentials. An interesting feature is that resonances appear in the lifetimes of the oscillon for the initial…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-10 Takaki Matsumoto , Kanta Nakano , Ryosuke Suda , Kentaroh Yoshida

We consider a classical toy model of a massive scalar field in 1+1 dimensions with a constant exponential expansion rate of space. The nonlinear theory under consideration supports approximate oscillon solutions, but they eventually decay…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 N. Graham , N. Stamatopoulos

We consider the stability of oscillons in 2+1 space-time dimensions, in the presence of quantum fluctuations. Taking the oscillon to be the inhomogeneous mean field of a self-interacting quantum scalar field, we compare its classical…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-18 Paul M. Saffin , Paul Tognarelli , Anders Tranberg

We develop precise analytic description of oscillons - long-lived quasiperiodic field lumps - in scalar field theories with nearly quadratic potentials, e.g. the monodromy potential. Such oscillons are essentially nonperturbative due to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-09-18 D. G. Levkov , V. E. Maslov

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

We use an information-theoretic measure of shape complexity known as configurational entropy (CE) to investigate numerically the remarkably long lifetimes of spherically-symmetric ``resonant oscillons'' in three-dimensional and of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-20 Marcelo Gleiser , Max Krackow

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

This article offers a comprehensive survey of results obtained for solitons and complex nonlinear wave patterns supported by purely nonlinear lattices (NLs), which represent a spatially periodic modulation of the local strength and sign of…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-20 Yaroslav V. Kartashov , Boris A. Malomed , Lluis Torner

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

In both the Gardner equation and its extensions, the non-convex convection bounds the range of solitons / compactons velocities beyond which they dissolve and kink/anti-kink form. Close to solitons barrier we unfold a narrow strip of…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2020-08-26 Philip Rosenau , Alexander Oron

It is often the case that scalar fields are produced in the early Universe in the form of coherent oscillation. These scalar fields may have huge abundances and affect the evolution of the Universe. In particular, if the lifetime is long…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-02-20 Masahiro Kawasaki , Naoya Kitajima , Kazunori Nakayama

We show that large scale oscillons, i.e., quasi-periodic, long living particle like solutions, may exist in massless theories, too. Their existence is explained using an effective (smeared) mass threshold which takes into account nonlinear…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-12 P. Dorey , T. Romanczukiewicz , Y. Shnir , A. Wereszczynski