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Charge-swapping Q balls.

Edmund J Copeland1, Paul M Saffin1, Shuang-Yong Zhou2

  • 1School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom.

Physical Review Letters
|December 20, 2014
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Novel composite Q balls, featuring coexisting positive and negative charges, have been discovered. These charge-swapping Q balls form from overlapping Q balls and anti-Q balls, exhibiting unique charge dynamics in field theories.

Area of Science:

  • Theoretical Physics
  • Solitonic Solutions
  • Field Theory

Background:

  • Q balls are established nontopological solitonic solutions in field theories with global symmetries.
  • Existing research focuses on individual Q ball properties and behaviors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the existence and properties of novel composite Q-ball solutions.
  • To explore the phenomenon of charge swapping within these composite structures.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical construction of composite Q balls by tightly assembling Q balls and anti-Q balls.
  • Analysis of nonlinear core overlap and its effect on charge dynamics.

Main Results:

  • Discovery of a tower of novel composite Q-ball solutions.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Demonstration of coexisting positive and negative charges within a single composite Q ball.
  • Observation of charge swapping at a frequency lower than individual Q ball frequencies.

    • Conclusions:

    • Composite Q balls with charge-swapping capabilities can form in relevant field theories.
    • The overlapping nonlinear cores of constituent Q balls and anti-Q balls facilitate charge swapping.
    • These findings expand the understanding of solitonic solutions and their complex dynamics.