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Flat-top oscillons in an expanding universe

2010· article· en· 132 citations· W2003806252 on OpenAlex· 10.1103/physrevd.81.085045

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Claude Opus 4.8OUT
genre: conceptual
about Canada: no
confidence: high

Theoretical cosmology of oscillon field configurations.

GPT-5.6 (high)OUT
genre: conceptual
about Canada: no
confidence: high

It studies cosmological field configurations, not research itself.

Grok 4.5OUT
genre: empirical
about Canada: no
confidence: high

Theoretical cosmology of oscillon field configurations in an expanding universe; pure physics.

Abstract

Oscillons are extremely long lived, oscillatory, spatially localized field configurations that arise from generic initial conditions in a large number of nonlinear field theories. With an eye towards their cosmological implications, we investigate their properties in an expanding universe. We (1) provide an analytic solution for one-dimensional oscillons (for the models under consideration) and discuss their generalization to three dimensions, (2) discuss their stability against long wavelength perturbations, and (3) estimate the effects of expansion on their shapes and lifetimes. In particular, we discuss a new, extended class of oscillons with surprisingly flat tops. We show that these flat-topped oscillons are more robust against collapse instabilities in ($3+1$) dimensions than their usual counterparts. Unlike the solutions found in the small amplitude analysis, the width of these configurations is a nonmonotonic function of their amplitudes.

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Venue
Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology
Topic
Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Field
Physics and Astronomy
Canadian institutions
Funders
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Keywords
PhysicsAmplitudeGeneralizationUniverseField (mathematics)Metric expansion of spaceTheoretical physicsNonlinear systemStability (learning theory)Classical mechanicsClass (philosophy)Function (biology)Mathematical analysisCosmologyPure mathematicsAstrophysicsMathematicsQuantum mechanicsComputer scienceDark energyArtificial intelligence
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