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We show that the CPN model with odd number of scalar fields and V-shaped potential possesses finite energy compact solutions in the form of Q-balls and Q-shells. The solutions were obtained in 3+1 dimensions. Q-balls appears for N=1 and N=3…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-07-12 P. Klimas , L. R. Livramento

Nodal, excited compactons in the $\mathbb{C}P^N$ models with V-shaped potentials are analyzed. It is shown that the solutions exist as compact $Q$-balls and $Q$-shells. The solutions have a discontinuity in the second derivative associated…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-04-20 P. Klimas , N. Sawado , S. Yanai

We study compact gravitating $Q$-ball, $Q$-shell solutions in a sigma model with the target space $\mathbb{C}P^N$. Models with odd integer $N$ and suitable potential can be parameterized by $N$-th complex scalar fields and they support…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-02-27 Pawel Klimas , Nobuyuki Sawado , Shota Yanai

While $CP^N$ models with analytic potentials are known to support finite-energy compact Q-ball and Q-shell solutions, their behavior in more complex Lagrangian frameworks remains a subject of active research. This work explores these…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-18 E. L. Colaço , P. Klimas , L. R. Livramento , N. Sawado , S. Yanai

We study a multicomponent $CP^N$ model's scalar electrodynamics. The model contains $Q$-balls and $Q$-shells, which are nontopological compact solitons with time dependency $e^{i\omega t}$. Two coupled $CP^N$ models can decouple locally if…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-25 P. Klimas , L. C. Kubaski , N. Sawado , S. Yanai

We study non-topological solitons, so called Q-balls, which carry a non-vanishing Noether charge and arise as lump solutions of self-interacting complex scalar field models. Explicit examples of new axially symmetric non-spinning Q-ball…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Yves Brihaye , Betti Hartmann

While Q-balls have been investigated intensively for many years, another type of nontopological solutions, Q-tubes, have not been understood very well. In this paper we make a comparative study of Q-balls and Q-tubes. First, we investigate…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-03-20 Takashi Tamaki , Nobuyuki Sakai

We investigate spherically symmetric non topological solitons in electrodynamics with a scalar field self interaction U ~|\psi| taken from the complex signum-Gordon model. We find Q-balls for small absolute values of the total electric…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-02-20 H. Arodź , J. Lis

Q-balls are bound-state configurations of complex scalars stabilized by a conserved Noether charge Q. They are solutions to a second-order differential equation that is structurally identical to Euclidean vacuum-decay bounce solutions in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-11-16 José Ramon Espinosa , Julian Heeck , Mikheil Sokhashvili

In this work we deal with non-topological solutions of the Q-ball type in two space-time dimensions, in models described by a single complex scalar field that engenders global symmetry. The main novelty is the presence of stable Q-balls…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-05-24 D. Bazeia , L. Losano , M. A. Marques , R. Menezes , R. da Rocha

This work deals with charged nontopological solutions that appear in relativistic models described by a single complex scalar field in two-dimensional spacetime. We study a model which supports novel analytical configurations of the Q-ball…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-09-04 D. Bazeia , M. A. Marques , R. Menezes

We study $U(1)$ gauged gravitating compact $Q$-ball, $Q$-shell solutions in a nonlinear sigma model with the target space $\mathbb{C}P^N$. The models with odd integer $N$ and a special potential can be parameterized by $N$-th complex scalar…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-08-12 Nobuyuki Sawado , Shota Yanai

We discuss the $U(1)$ gauged Q-balls with $N$-power potential to examine their properties analytically. More numerical descriptions and some analytical consideration have been contributed to the models governed by four-power potential. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-02-12 Yue Zhong , Lingshen Chen , Hongbo Cheng

We discuss three different globally regular non-topological stationary soliton solutions in the theory of a complex scalar field in 3+1 dimensions, so-called Q-balls, Q-vortices and Q-walls. The charge, energy and profiles of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-27 Ya Shnir

We show that many numerically established properties of Q-balls can be understood in terms of analytic approximations for a certain type of potential. In particular, we derive an explicit formula between the energy and the charge of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 T. A. Ioannidou , V. B. Kopeliovich , N. D. Vlachos

In this work we deal with nontopological solutions of the Q-ball type in two spacetime dimensions. We study models of current interest, described by a Higgs-like and other, similar potentials which unveil the presence of exact solutions. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-05-24 D. Bazeia , M. A. Marques , R. Menezes

This paper is concerned with the dynamics and interactions of Q-balls in (1+1)-dimensions. The asymptotic force between well-separated Q-balls is calculated to show that Q-balls can be attractive or repulsive depending upon their relative…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-02-09 Peter Bowcock , David Foster , Paul Sutcliffe

Stable non-topological solitons, Q-balls, are studied using analytical and numerical methods. Three different physically interesting potentials that support Q-ball solutions are considered: two typical polynomial potentials and a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 Tuomas Multamaki , Iiro Vilja

Non-topological gauged soliton solutions called Q-balls arise in many scalar field theories that are invariant under a U(1) gauge symmetry. The related, but qualitatively distinct, Q-shell solitons have only been shown to exist for special…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-09-15 Julian Heeck , Arvind Rajaraman , Christopher B. Verhaaren

Relativistic scalar field theories with a conserved global charge Q possess often (meta)stable spherically symmetric soliton solutions, called Q-balls. We elaborate on the perfect formal analogy which exists between Q-balls, and spherically…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 K. Enqvist , M. Laine
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