Published August 15, 2011
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Journal article
What are universal features of gravitating Q-balls?
Creators
- 1. Department of Education, Yamagata University, Yamagata 990-8560 (Japan)
- 2. Department of Physics, General Education, College of Engineering, Nihon University, Tokusada, Tamura, Koriyama, Fukushima 963-8642 (Japan)
Description
We investigate how gravity affects Q-balls by exemplifying the case of the Affleck-Dine potential V(φ):=m4ln(1+(φ2/m2)). Surprisingly, stable Q-balls with arbitrarily small charge exist, no matter how weak gravity is, contrary to the case of flat spacetime. We also show analytically that this feature holds true for general models as long as the leading order term of the potential is a positive mass term in its Maclaurin series.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.84.044054;
- arXiv
- arXiv:1108.3902v1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Journal Volume
- 84
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Journal Page Range
- p. 044054-044054.8
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 43083232
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- GRAVITATION; MASS; MATTER; SPACE-TIME
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics