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We present four results for oscillons in classical phi^4 theory in D+1 space-time dimensions, based on numerical simulations. These include the oscillon lifetime and the dependence on D; evidence for the uniqueness of the oscillon; evidence…

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Numerical simulations show that a massive real scalar field in a nonlinear theory can form long-lived oscillating localized states. For a self-interacting scalar on a fixed background these objects are named oscillons, while for the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-11-11 Gyula Fodor

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 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

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

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

We discuss similarity between oscillons and oscillational mode in perturbed $\phi^4$. For small depths of the perturbing potential it is difficult to distinguish between oscillons and the mode in moderately long time evolution, moreover one…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-01-23 Tomasz Romańczukiewicz , Yakov Shnir

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

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

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

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

A recent study demonstrated the existence of oscillons -- extremely long-lived localized configurations that undergo regular oscillations in time -- in spontaneously broken SU(2) gauge theory with a fundamental Higgs particle whose mass is…

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

Motivated by the observation of localized circular excitations (`oscillons') in vertically vibrated granular layers (P.B. Umbanhowar, F. Melo and H.L. Swinney, Nature 382 (1996) 793), we numerically investigate an extension of a…

patt-sol · Physics 2016-09-08 Catherine Crawford , Hermann Riecke

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

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

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

We investigate the existence and behavior of oscillons in theories in which higher derivative terms are present in the Lagrangian, such as galileons. Such theories have emerged in a broad range of settings, from higher-dimensional models,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-12-19 Jeremy Sakstein , Mark Trodden

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

We study oscillons, extremely long-lived localized oscillations of a scalar field, with three different potentials: quartic, sine-Gordon model and in a new class of convex potentials. We use an absorbing boundary at the end of the lattice…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-05-30 Petja Salmi , Mark Hindmarsh

Extremely long-lived, time-dependent, spatially-bound scalar field configurations are shown to exist in $d$ spatial dimensions for a wide class of polynomial interactions parameterized as $V(\phi) = \sum_{n=1}^h\frac{g_n}{n!}\phi^n$.…

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