2 papers
hep-ph2026
Scalar baryons in neutron stars
Julian Heeck, Yu Zhi
Neutron stars have baryon chemical potentials that can exceed the neutron mass, providing favorable conditions to convert neutrons to new particles carrying baryon number, even if…
hep-ph2026
Gauged Q-balls in flat potentials
Julian Heeck, Yu Zhi
Q-balls are large bound-state systems of scalar particles, described classically through localized solutions of the equations of motion. Promoting the required stabilizing U(1) sym…