Q-balls, Integrability and Duality

dc.creatorBowcock, Peter
dc.creatorFoster, David
dc.creatorSutcliffe, Paul
dc.date2008-09-23
dc.date2009-01-08
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:38:47Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:38:47Z
dc.descriptionThis paper is concerned with the dynamics and interactions of Q-balls in (1+1)-dimensions. The asymptotic force between well-separated Q-balls is calculated to show that Q-balls can be attractive or repulsive depending upon their relative internal phase. An integrable model with exact multi-Q-ball solutions is investigated and found to be of use in explaining the dynamics in non-integrable theories. In particular, it is demonstrated that the dynamics of small Q-balls in a generic class of non-integrable models tends towards integrable dynamics as the charge decreases. Long-lived oscillations of a single Q-ball can also be understood in terms of a deformation of an exact breather solution in the integrable model. Finally, we show that any theory with Q-ball solutions has a dual description in which a stationary Q-ball is dual to a static kink, with an interchange of Noether and topological charges.
dc.descriptionVersion to appear in J. Phys. A
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0809.3895
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0809.3895
dc.identifierJ.Phys.A42:085403,2009
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/1751-8113/42/8/085403
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/218880
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleQ-balls, Integrability and Duality
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