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As the longest lived transient, oscillons play a critical role in classical field theory simulations of many phenomena. However, beyond the classical approximation, it is well-known that quantum corrections open decay channels through which…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-25 Jarah Evslin , Katarzyna Slawińska , Tomasz Romańczukiewicz , Andrzej Wereszczyński

We investigate the longevity of oscillons numerically, paying particular attention to radially-symmetric oscillons that have been conjectured to have an infinitely-long lifetime. In two spatial dimensions, oscillons have not been seen to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-03-25 Marcelo Gleiser , Max Krackow

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

We study the collision dynamics of localized oscillons in two classes of $(1+1)$-dimensional scalar field theories with metastable false vacua, a normal class with a positive quartic self-interaction term and an inverted class with a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-14 J. G. F. Campos , N. S. Manton , Azadeh Mohammadi

Massive vector fields can form spatially localized, non-relativistic, stationary field configurations supported by gravitational interactions. The ground state configurations (p-solitons/vector solitons/dark photon stars/polarized Proca…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-11 Zipeng Wang , Thomas Helfer , Mustafa A. Amin

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

The dynamical evolution of self-interacting scalars is of paramount importance in cosmological settings, and can teach us about the content of Einstein's equations. In flat space, nonlinear scalar field theories can give rise to localized,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-10-04 Taishi Ikeda , Chul-Moon Yoo , Vitor Cardoso

Due to the inhomogeneous polarisation across the beam profile, cylindrical vector beams interact with optically active media in a complex manner. Here, we analyse evolution of polarisation of cylindrical vector beams propagating in an…

Optics · Physics 2026-04-10 Yuanyang Xie , Alexey Krasavin , Anatoly V. Zayats , Andrei Afanasev

Electromagnetic waves are described by not only polarization ellipses but also cyclically rotating vectors tracing out them. The corresponding fields are respectively directionless steady line fields and directional instantaneous vector…

Optics · Physics 2025-02-18 Chunchao Wen , Jianfa Zhang , Chaofan Zhang , Shiqiao Qin , Zhihong Zhu , Wei Liu

A wide range of physical and biological systems, including colloidal magnets, granular spinners, and starfish embryos, are characterized by strongly rotating units that give rise to odd viscosity and odd elasticity. These active systems can…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-02-28 Lorenzo Caprini , Umberto Marini Bettolo Marconi

Vector beams are inhomogeneously polarized optical fields with nonseparable, quantum-like correlations between their polarisation and spatial components, and hold tremendous promise for classical and quantum communication across various…

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

We show, by solving the linearized Vlasov equations, that in the presence of an attractive density-dependent vector, or tensor, mean field potential, under a portion of the spinodal unstable phase region where the attractions among the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-10-30 Feng Li

Spherically symmetric oscillatons (also referred to as oscillating soliton stars) i.e. gravitationally bound oscillating scalar lumps are considered in theories containing a massive self-interacting real scalar field coupled to Einstein's…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-22 Gyula Fodor , Péter Forgács , Márk Mezei

For a relativistic particle moving in the presence of mean scalar and vector fields, the energy at second order in the scalar field is shown to contain two contributions in general. One is a momentum-dependent repulsive interaction…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Michael C. Birse

Previous studies of lasers and nonlinear resonators have revealed that the polarisation degree of freedom allows for the formation of polarisation patterns and novel localized structures, such as vectorial defects. Type II optical…

We study spontaneously vectorized black holes in Einstein-vector-Gauss-Bonnet theory with a quadratic coupling function. Besides the static, spherically symmetric black holes carrying an electric charge, there are uncharged static, axially…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-07 Burkhard Kleihaus , Jutta Kunz

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

We consider a p-polarized surface electromagnetic wave (a classical surface polariton) at the interface between the vacuum and a metal or left-handed medium. We show that the evanescent electromagnetic waves forming the surface polariton…

Optics · Physics 2012-06-08 Konstantin Y. Bliokh , Franco Nori

The possibility that extremely long-lived, time-dependent, and localized field configurations (``oscillons'') arise during the collapse of asymmetrical bubbles in 2+1 dimensional phi^4 models is investigated. It is found that oscillons can…

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