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We show that supersymmetry and inflation, in a broad class of models, generically lead to formation of primordial black holes (PBHs) that can account for dark matter. Supersymmetry predicts a number of scalar fields that develop a coherent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-05-10 Marcos M. Flores , Alexander Kusenko

We study Q-ball formation in the expanding universe on 1D, 2D and 3D lattice simulations. We obtain detailed Q-ball charge distributions, and find that the distribution is peaked at Q^{3D}_{peak} \simeq 1.9\times 10^{-2} (|\Phi_{in}|/m)^2,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-20 Takashi Hiramatsu , Masahiro Kawasaki , Fuminobu Takahashi

We obtain a new type of a stable Q ball in the context of gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking in minimal supersymmetric standard model. It is so-called gravity-mediation type of Q ball, but stable against the decay into nucleons, since…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 S. Kasuya , M. Kawasaki

We employ cosmological hydrodynamical simulations to study the growth of massive black holes (BHs) at high redshifts subject to BH merger recoils from gravitational wave emission. We select the most massive dark matter halo at z=6 from the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Debora Sijacki , Volker Springel , Martin G. Haehnelt

Supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model predict the existence of Q-balls, some of which can be entirely stable. Both stable and unstable Q-balls can play an important role in cosmology. In particular, Affleck-Dine baryogenesis can…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-11-03 Alexander Kusenko

We develop a model for galaxy formation and the growth of supermassive black holes (SMBHs), based on the fact that cold dark matter (CDM) halos form their gravitational potential wells through a fast phase with rapid change in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-07-19 Houjun Mo , Yangyao Chen , Huiyuan Wang

We consider the formation of Q-balls in false vacuum remnants during a cosmological first-order phase transition. We find that under certain circumstances Q-balls can collapse to form primordial black holes. This scenario can produce…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-05-30 James B. Dent , Bhaskar Dutta , Jason Kumar , Danny Marfatia

We construct electrically charged Q-balls and boson stars in a model with a scalar self-interaction potential resulting from gauge mediated supersymmetry breaking. We discuss the properties of these solutions in detail and emphasize the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-04-23 Yves Brihaye , Valeria Diemer , Betti Hartmann

By extending the scalar sector of the Standard Model (SM) by a U(1) singlet, we show that the electroweak symmetry breaking enables the formation of a stable, electrically neutral, colorless Q-ball which couples to the SM particle spectrum…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 D. A. Demir

We examine the formation of groups of multiple supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in gas-poor galactic nuclei due to the high merger rate of galaxies at high redshifts. We calculate the relative likelihood of binary, triple, and quadruple…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Girish Kulkarni , Abraham Loeb

We discuss some interesting aspects of the $\rm Q$-ball formation during the early oscillations of the flat directions. These oscillations are triggered by the running of soft $({\rm mass})^2$ stemming from the nonzero energy density of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 Rouzbeh Allahverdi , Anupam Mazumdar , Altug Ozpineci

Q-balls are generically present in models with softly broken low-energy supersymmetry. We discuss the properties of these non-topological solitons, which can precipitate a new kind of first-order phase transition in the early Universe and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-30 Alexander Kusenko

We study numerically a class of non-topological solitons, the Q-balls, arising in supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model with low-energy, gauge-mediated symmetry breaking. % Taking into account the exact form of the supersymmetric…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 L. Campanelli , M. Ruggieri

We explore the cosmic evolution of massive black hole (MBH) seeds forming within 'quasistars' (QSs), accreting black holes embedded within massive hydrostatic gaseous envelopes. These structures could form if the infall of gas into the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 Marta Volonteri , Mitchell C. Begelman

Complex scalar fields charged under a global U(1) symmetry can admit non-topological soliton configurations called Q-balls which are stable against decay into individual particles or smaller Q-balls. These Q-balls are interesting objects…

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

Though widely accepted, it is not proven that supermassive compact objects (SMCOs) residing in galactic centers are black holes. In particular, the Milky Way's SMCO can be a giant nontopological soliton, Q-ball, made of a scalar field: this…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-11-15 Sergey Troitsky

We consider a scenario where supermassive black holes form through direct accumulation of gas at the centre of proto-galaxies. In the first stage, the accumulated gas forms a super-massive star whose core collapses when the nuclear fuel is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 Calanit Dotan , Elena M. Rossi , Nir J. Shaviv

We construct Q-ball solutions from a model consisting of one massive scalar field $\xi$ and one massive complex scalar field $\phi$ interacting via the cubic couplings $g_1 \xi \phi^{*} \phi + g_2 \xi^3$, typical of Henon-Heiles-like…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-05-01 Y. Brihaye , F. Buisseret

Stable baryonic Q-balls, which appear in supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model, could form at the end of cosmological inflation from fragmentation of the Affleck -- Dine condensate. We reconsider astrophysical constraints on such…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Alexander Kusenko , Lee C. Loveridge , Mikhail Shaposhnikov

We analyse the evolution of light Q-balls in a cosmological background, and find a number of interesting features. For Q-balls formed with a size comparable to the Hubble radius, we demonstrate that there is no charge radiation, and that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Eran Palti , P. M. Saffin , E. J. Copeland