On the Q-ball Profile Function

Abstract

We use analytic and numerical methods to obtain the solution of the Q-ball equation of motion. In particular, we show that the profile function of the three-dimensional Q-ball can be accurately approximated by the symmetrized Woods-Saxon distribution.

7 pages and 2 figures, shorter introduction, typos corrected and references removed; Invited contribution to special issue of J. Math. Phys. on "Integrability, Topological Solitons and Beyond"

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