Sigma Model Q-balls and Q-Stars
arXiv:0708.3283 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.085018
Abstract
A new kind of Q-balls is found: Q-balls in a non-linear sigma model. Their main properties are presented together with those of their self-gravitating generalization, sigma model Q-stars. A simple special limit of solutions which are bound by gravity alone (``sigma stars'') is also discussed briefly. The analysis is based on calculating the mass, global U(1) charge and binding energy for families of solutions parameterized by the central value of the scalar field. Two kinds (differing by the potential term) of the new sigma model Q-balls and Q-stars are analyzed. They are found to share some characteristics while differing in other respects like their properties for weak central scalar fields which depend strongly on the form of the potential term. They are also compared with their ``ordinary'' counterparts and although similar in some respects, significant differences are found like the existence of an upper bound on the central scalar field. The sigma model Q-stars also contain non-solitonic solutions whose relation with sigma star solutions is discussed.
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