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In this paper we present some quantitative results concerning symplectic barriers. In particular, we answer a question raised by Sackel, Song, Varolgunes, and Zhu regarding the symplectic size of the $2n$-dimensional Euclidean ball with a…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-10 Pazit Haim-Kislev , Richard Hind , Yaron Ostrover

The (2 + 1)-dimensional gauge model describing two complex scalar fields that interact through a common Abelian gauge field is considered. It is shown that the model has a soliton solution that describes a system consisting of a vortex and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-01-07 A. Yu. Loginov

We present the first analytical calculation that shows that perturbations with angular dependence can lead to an instability in gauged Q-balls. We find an explicit condition on the parameters for the Q-ball to become unstable. We compare…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-08 Arvind Rajaraman

In the system of a gravitating Q-ball, there is a maximum charge $Q_{{\rm max}}$ inevitably, while in flat spacetime there is no upper bound on $Q$ in typical models such as the Affleck-Dine model. Theoretically the charge $Q$ is a free…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-30 Nobuyuki Sakai , Takashi Tamaki

We consider local weak large solutions with its blow-up rate near the boundary to certain class of degenerate and/or singular quasilinear elliptic equation\\ ${\rm div}(d^{\alpha}(x,\partial{}B)\Phi_p(\nabla u)) = b(x)f(u)$ in a ball B,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-06-15 Raj Narayan Dhara

We study the evolution of Q-balls under a spontaneously broken global $U(1)$ symmetry. Q-balls are stabilized by the conservation of $U(1)$ charge, but when the symmetry is spontaneously broken, the resulting Nambu-Goldstone (NG) boson can…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-07-03 Masahiro Kawasaki , Kai Murai , Fuminobu Takahashi

We reconsider perturbative unitarity in quantum field theory and upgrade several arguments and results. The minimum assumptions that lead to the largest time equation, the cutting equations and the unitarity equation are identified. Using…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-07-27 Damiano Anselmi

Q-balls are non-topological solitonic solutions to a wide class of field theories that possess global symmetries. Here we show that in these same theories there also exists a tower of novel composite Q-ball solutions where, within one…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-05-18 Edmund J. Copeland , Paul M. Saffin , Shuang-Yong Zhou

If the mechanism responsible for the smallness of the vacuum energy is consistent with local quantum field theory, general arguments suggest the existence of at least one unobserved scalar particle with Compton wavelength bounded from below…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-25 Silas R. Beane

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 numerically study the Q-ball formation triggered by a cosmological first-order phase transition within the Friedberg-Lee-Sirlin model. By performing lattice simulations, we track the nonequilibrium dynamics throughout the transition,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-28 Yuan-Jie Li , Jing Liu , Zong-Kuan Guo

The problem of computing the thermodynamic properties of a one-dimensional gas of particles which transform in the adjoint representation of the gauge group and interact through non-Abelian electric fields is formulated and solved in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 G. Semenoff , O. Tirkkonen , K. Zarembo

The physics of individual Q-balls and interactions between multiple Q-balls are well-studied in classical numerical simulations. Interesting properties and phenomena have been discovered, involving stability, forces, collisions and swapping…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-05 Qi-Xin Xie , Paul M. Saffin , Anders Tranberg , Shuang-Yong Zhou

We consider the $U(1)$ gauged two-component Friedberg-Lee-Sirlin model in 3+1 dimensional Minkowski spacetime, which supports non-topological soliton configurations. Here we found families of axially-symmetric spinning gauged Q-balls, which…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-07-31 V. Loiko , Ya Shnir

The strongly coupled phase of Yang-Mills plasma with arbitrary gauge group is studied in a $T$-matrix approach. The existence of lowest-lying glueballs, interpreted as bound states of two transverse gluons (quasi-particles in a many-body…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-04-10 G. Lacroix , C. Semay , D. Cabrera , F. Buisseret

We present numerical evidence for the existence of spinning generalizations for non-topological Q-ball solitons in the theory of a complex scalar field with a non-renormalizable self-interaction. To the best of our knowledge, this provides…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Mikhail S. Volkov , Erik Woehnert

We describe the set of parameters $(p_1,p_2,q_1,q_2)$ such that the balls $B_{q_1,q_2}^{s,b}$ are rigid in $\ell_{q_1,q_2}^{s,b}$ metric i.e. they are poorly approximated by linear subspaces of dimension $\le (1-\varepsilon)sb$, for large…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-28 Yuri Malykhin , Konstantin Ryutin

In the present paper, we consider a $\left(1 + 1\right)$-dimensional gauge model consisting of two complex scalar fields interacting with each other through an Abelian gauge field. When the model's gauge coupling constants are set equal to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-09-29 A. Yu. Loginov , V. V. Gauzshtein

A weighted game or a threshold function in general admits different weighted representations even if the sum of non-negative weights is fixed to one. Here we study bounds for the diameter of the corresponding weight polytope. It turns out…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2019-07-05 Sascha Kurz

Supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model contain non-topological solitons, Q-balls, which can be stable and can be a form of cosmological dark matter. Understanding the interaction of SUSY Q-balls with matter fermions is important…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 Alexander Kusenko , Lee Loveridge , Mikhail Shaposhnikov