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Oscillons are long-lived nonlinear pseudo-solitonic configurations of scalar fields and many plausible inflationary scenarios predict an oscillon-dominated phase in the early universe. Many possible aspects of this phase remain unexplored,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-03 Angela Xue , Kyle Chen , Baylee Verzyde , Peter Hayman , Richard Easther

Oscillons are localised long-lived pulsating states in the three-dimensional $\phi^4$ theory. We gain insight into the spatio-temporal structure and bifurcation of the oscillons by studying time-periodic solutions in a ball of a finite…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-05-03 N. V. Alexeeva , I. V. Barashenkov , A. A. Bogolubskaya , E. V. Zemlyanaya

Long-lived pseudo-solitonic objects, known as oscillons/oscillatons, which we collectively call real scalar stars, are ubiquitous in early Universe cosmology of scalar field theories. Typical examples are axions stars and moduli stars.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-08-07 Francesco Muia , Michele Cicoli , Katy Clough , Francisco Pedro , Fernando Quevedo , Gian Paolo Vacca

Real scalar fields with attractive self-interaction may form self-bound states, called oscillons. These dense objects are ubiquitous in leading theories of dark matter and inflation; of particular interest are long-lived oscillons which…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-06-16 David Cyncynates , Tudor Giurgica-Tiron

Long-lived localized field configurations such as breathers, oscillons, or more complex objects naturally arise in the context of a wide range of nonlinear models in different numbers of spatial dimensions. We present a numerical method,…

patt-sol · Physics 2009-10-31 Marcelo Gleiser , Andrew Sornborger

In this work we discuss the impact of the breaking of the Lorentz symmetry on the usual oscillons, the so-called flat-top oscillons, and the breathers. Our analysis is performed by using a Lorentz violation scenario rigorously derived in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-03-25 A. de Souza Dutra , R. A. C. Correa

In various supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model there appear non-topological solitons due to the existence of U(1) global symmetries associated with Baryon and/or Lepton quantum numbers. Trilinear couplings (A-terms) in the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 G. K. Leontaris , A. Prikas , A. Spanou , N. D. Tracas , N. D. Vlachos

The aim of this paper is to show, that the 'oscillating universe' is a viable alternative to inflation. We remind that this model provides a natural solution to the flatness or entropy and to the horizon problem of standard cosmology. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-31 Ruth Durrer , Joachim Laukenmann

We investigate the rich nonlinear dynamics during the end of hilltop inflation by numerically solving the coupled Klein-Gordon-Friedmann equations in a expanding universe. In particular, we search for coherent, nonperturbative…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-14 Marcelo Gleiser , Noah Graham

It has been argued that the small perturbations to the homogeneous and isotropic configurations of a canonical scalar field in an expanding universe do not grow. We show that this is not true in general, and clarify the root of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-09-23 Miguel Alcubierre , Axel de la Macorra , Alberto Diez-Tejedor , José M. Torres

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

We present results from a study of the fine structure of oscillon dynamics in the 3+1 spherically symmetric Klein-Gordon model with a symmetric double-well potential. We show that in addition to the previously understood longevity of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 Ethan P. Honda , Matthew W. Choptuik

Dynamics of the inflaton scalar field oscillating around a minimum of the singular potentials in the expanding Universe is investigated. Asymptotic formulas are obtained describing the cosmological expansion at the late times. The problem…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-03-22 Vladimir A. Koutvitsky , Eugene M. Maslov

Solitons, nonlinear particle-like excitations with inalterable properties (amplitude, shape, and velocity) as they propagate, are omnipresent in many branches of science---and in physics in particular. Flat-top solitons are a novel type of…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2019-09-24 Liangwei Zeng , Jianhua Zeng

Solitons in relativistic field theories are not necessarily topologically charged. In particular, non-topological solitons -- known as Q-balls -- arise naturally in nonlinear field theories endowed with attractive interactions and internal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-04-15 Shuang-Yong Zhou

In this paper, we consider spatially flat FLRW cosmological models in two contexts in an attempt to derive a set of conditions that characterize when such models exhibit oscillatory behaviour. In the first case, we consider a spatially flat…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-06-12 Ikjyot Singh Kohli

We construct families of one-dimensional (1D) stable solitons in two-component $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric systems with spin-orbit coupling (SOC) and quintic nonlinearity, which plays the critical role in 1D setups. The system models light…

Optics · Physics 2022-03-02 Gennadiy Burlak , Zhaopin Chen , Boris A. Malomed

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

We present and study new non-topological soliton solutions in the $U(1)$ gauged non-linear $O(3)$ sigma model with a symmetry breaking potential in 3+1 dimensional flat space-time. The configurations are endowed with an electric and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-18 Luiz A. Ferreira , Aliaksei Mikhaliuk , Yakov Shnir

I outline a series of results obtained in collaboration with A. Waldron on the properties of massive higher (s>1) spin fields in cosmological, constant curvature, backgrounds and the resulting unexpected qualitative effects on their degrees…

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