Quantum oscillons may be long-lived
Abstract Hertzberg has constructed a quantum oscillon that decays into pairs of relativistic mesons with a power much greater than the radiation from classical oscillon decay. This result is often construed as a proof that quantum oscillons decay quickly, and so are inconsequential. We apply a const...
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| description | Abstract Hertzberg has constructed a quantum oscillon that decays into pairs of relativistic mesons with a power much greater than the radiation from classical oscillon decay. This result is often construed as a proof that quantum oscillons decay quickly, and so are inconsequential. We apply a construction similar to Hertzberg’s to the quantum kink. Again it leads to a rapid decay via the emission of relativistic mesons. However, we find that this is the decay of a squeezed kink state to a stable kink state, and so it does not imply that the quantum kink is unstable. We then consider a time-dependent solution, which may be an oscillon, and we see that the argument proceeds identically. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-092dfd44676845cd829e02ca56f1a5bd2023-10-29T12:12:15ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792023-08-012023811810.1007/JHEP08(2023)182Quantum oscillons may be long-livedJarah Evslin0Tomasz Romańczukiewicz1Andrzej Wereszczyński2Institute of Theoretical Physics, Jagiellonian UniversityQuark Matter Research Center, Institute of Modern PhysicsQuark Matter Research Center, Institute of Modern PhysicsAbstract Hertzberg has constructed a quantum oscillon that decays into pairs of relativistic mesons with a power much greater than the radiation from classical oscillon decay. This result is often construed as a proof that quantum oscillons decay quickly, and so are inconsequential. We apply a construction similar to Hertzberg’s to the quantum kink. Again it leads to a rapid decay via the emission of relativistic mesons. However, we find that this is the decay of a squeezed kink state to a stable kink state, and so it does not imply that the quantum kink is unstable. We then consider a time-dependent solution, which may be an oscillon, and we see that the argument proceeds identically.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2023)182Solitons Monopoles and InstantonsField Theories in Lower DimensionsNonperturbative Effects |
| spellingShingle | Jarah Evslin Tomasz Romańczukiewicz Andrzej Wereszczyński Quantum oscillons may be long-lived Journal of High Energy Physics Solitons Monopoles and Instantons Field Theories in Lower Dimensions Nonperturbative Effects |
| title | Quantum oscillons may be long-lived |
| title_full | Quantum oscillons may be long-lived |
| title_fullStr | Quantum oscillons may be long-lived |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quantum oscillons may be long-lived |
| title_short | Quantum oscillons may be long-lived |
| title_sort | quantum oscillons may be long lived |
| topic | Solitons Monopoles and Instantons Field Theories in Lower Dimensions Nonperturbative Effects |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2023)182 |
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