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

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 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

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

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

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 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 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 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, 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

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, 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 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 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

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 solve numerically the Einstein-Klein-Gordon system with spherical symmetry, for a massive real scalar field endowed with a quartic self-interaction potential, and obtain the so-called $\Phi^4$-oscillatons which is the short name for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-07-18 Susana Valdez-Alvarado , Ricardo Becerril , L. Arturo Urena-Lopez

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

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 spatially localized, time-periodic and long-lived configurations that were primarily proposed in scalar field theories with attractive self-interactions. In this letter, we demonstrate that oscillons also exist in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-22 Hong-Yi Zhang , Mudit Jain , Mustafa A. Amin

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
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