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Configurational entropy (CE) consists of a family of entropic measures of information used to describe the shape complexity of spatially-localized functions with respect to a set of parameters. We obtain the Differential Configurational…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2020-11-16 Pooja Thakur , Marcelo Gleiser , Anil Kumar , Rama Gupta

We show that a newly proposed Shannon-like entropic measure of shape complexity applicable to spatially-localized or periodic mathematical functions known as configurational entropy (CE) can be used as a predictor of spontaneous decay rates…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-03-26 Marcelo Gleiser , Nan Jiang

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 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 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

The so-called configurational entropy (CE) framework has proved to be an efficient instrument to study nonlinear scalar field models featuring solutions with spatially-localized energy, since its proposal by Gleiser and Stamapoulos.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-07-18 W. T. Cruz , D. M. Dantas , R. A. C. Correa , C. A. S. Almeida

We introduce an exactly solvable lattice model that reveals a universal finite-size scaling law for configurational entropy driven purely by geometry. Using exact enumeration via Burnside's lemma, we compute the entropy for diverse 1D, 2D,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-07-29 Youshen Wu , Xin Guan , Shengli Zhang , Lei Zhang

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 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

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

Configurational entropy (CE) and configurational complexity (CC) are recently popularized information theoretic measures used to study the stability of solitons. This paper examines their behavior for 2D and 3D lattice Ising Models, where…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-03-06 Damian R Sowinski , Sean Kelty , Gourab Ghoshal

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

Identifying differential equation governing dynamical system is an important problem with wide applications. Copula Entropy (CE) is a mathematical concept for measuring statistical independence in information theory. In this paper we…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-27 Jian Ma

In the recent years many examples appeared in the literature where the configuration entropy (CE), introduced by Gleiser and Stamatopoulos, plays the role of an indicator of stability of physical systems. It was observed that, comparing…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-06-24 Nelson R. F. Braga , Rodrigo da Mata

We propose utilizing entropy as a diagnostic tool to distinguish between constant and dynamical dark energy models. Entropy, a measure of the system's disorder or information content, captures the complexity and evolution of the universe.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-16 Tanisha Joshi

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

With a view to connecting random mutation on the molecular level to punctuated equilibrium behavior on the phenotype level, we propose a new model for biological evolution, which incorporates random mutation and natural selection. In this…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 M. Y. Choi , H. Y. Lee , D. Kim , S. H. Park

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

Product shape is one of the factors that trigger preference decisions of customers. Congruity of shape elements and deformation of shape from the prototype are two factors that are found to influence aesthetic response, hence preference. We…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-09-12 Asli Genctav , Sibel Tari

Dirichlet process mixture (DPM) models are widely used for semiparametric Bayesian analysis in educational and behavioral research, yet specifying the concentration parameter remains a critical barrier. Default hyperpriors often impose…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-02-09 JoonHo Lee
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